Spatiotemporal chaotic localized state in liquid crystal light valve experiments with optical feedback

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Mar 8;110(10):104101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.104101. Epub 2013 Mar 5.

Abstract

The existence, stability properties, and dynamical evolution of localized spatiotemporal chaos are studied. We provide evidence of spatiotemporal chaotic localized structures in a liquid crystal light valve experiment with optical feedback. The observations are supported by numerical simulations of the Lifshitz model describing the system. This model exhibits coexistence between a uniform state and a spatiotemporal chaotic pattern, which emerge as the necessary ingredients to obtain localized spatiotemporal chaos. In addition, we have derived a simplified model that allows us to unveil the front interaction mechanism at the origin of the localized spatiotemporal chaotic structures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Feedback
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Optics and Photonics / methods*