Download or read book Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics written by Cornelia Denz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-09-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of current developments in nonlinear photorefractive optics. The book dicusses exciting discoveries, with special emphasis on transverse effects such as spatial soliton formation and interaction, spontaneous pattern formation and pattern competition in active feedback systems. Different aspects of potential applications, such as wave guiding in adaptive photorefractive solitons and techniques for pattern control for information processing, are also described.