Optical Memory and Spatial Chaos
- 18 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 61 (3), 329-332
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.329
Abstract
The steady states of an array of bistable optical elements are analyzed by the use of a nonlinear-dynamics analogy. Spatial chaos is an essential counterpart of effective optical-memory action. Criteria for stability and maximum packing density are obtained.Keywords
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