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Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 254102 (2002) [4 pages]

Suppression of Spatial Chaos via Noise-Induced Growth of Arrays of Spatial Solitons

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I. Rabbiosi *, A. J. Scroggie, and G.-L. Oppo
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, United Kingdom

Received 28 February 2002; published 3 December 2002

Domain walls with oscillatory tails are commonplace in models of spatially extended nonlinear optical devices. Their interaction and locking at discrete distances lead to asymptotically stable spatial disorder. We show that noise in the presence of domain walls with oscillatory tails can suppress spatial disorder by privileging highly correlated dynamical states consisting of arrays of spatial solitons.


©2002 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.254102
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.254102
PACS: 42.65.Sf, 05.45.Yv, 47.52.+j, 82.40.Bj

* Electronic address: ivan@phys.strath.ac.uk

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