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V Folli1, E DelRe, C Conti

  • 1Institute for Complex Systems-CNR, Department of Physics, University Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy.

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Investigating instabilities in one-dimensional beams within ferroelectrics reveals two dominant processes: defocusing and fragmentation. These instabilities are independent of beam power and lack specific periodic patterns.

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Area of Science:

  • Nonlinear optics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Ferroelectric materials

Background:

  • Photorefractive nonlinearity in ferroelectrics can lead to beam instabilities.
  • Understanding these instabilities is crucial for applications involving light propagation in such materials.
  • Existing models often focus on spatial modulational instability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To theoretically and numerically investigate instabilities in one-dimensional beams.
  • To analyze the behavior of beams in a scale-free model of diffusive photorefractive nonlinearity.
  • To contrast observed instabilities with the well-known spatial modulational instability.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of beam propagation.
  • Numerical simulations of the scale-free model.
  • Investigation of the role of diffusive photorefractive nonlinearity.

Main Results:

  • Two distinct beam instabilities were identified: a defocusing process and a fragmenting process.
  • These instabilities were found to be independent of the beam power.
  • The observed instabilities are not associated with any specific periodic pattern, differing from spatial modulational instability.

Conclusions:

  • The scale-free model exhibits unique beam instabilities not governed by power or periodicity.
  • Defocusing and fragmentation represent dominant instability mechanisms in this out-of-equilibrium system.
  • These findings offer new insights into light-matter interactions in ferroelectric materials.