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100 1 _aDescalzi, Orazio.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aLocalized States in Physics: Solitons and Patterns
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Orazio Descalzi, Marcel Clerc, Stefania Residori, Gaetano Assanto.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2011.
300 _aXVIII, 286p. 138 illus., 16 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aSolitons, Self-confined Light and Optical Turbulence. Ligt Self-trapping in Nematic Liquid Crystals -- Photonic Plasma Instabilities and Soliton Turbulence in Spatially Incoherent Light -- Gap-Acoustic Solitons: Slowing and Stopping of Light -- Optical Wave Turbulence and Wave Condensation in a Nonlinear Optical Experiment -- Localized Structures in Pattern Forming Systems. Localized Structures in the Liquid Crystal Light Valve Experiment -- Convectons -- Morphological Characterization of Localized Hexagonal Pattern -- Localized Structures for Optical Applications. Cavity Solitons in Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers and their Applications -- Cavity Soliton Laser Based on Coupled Micro-Resonators -- Cavity Soliton Laser based on a VCSEL with saturable Absorber -- Dynamic Control of Localized Structures in a Nonlinear Feedback Experiment -- Excitability and Localized States.  Interaction of Oscillatory and Excitable Localized States in a Nonlinear Optical Cavity -- Lurching Waves in Thalamic Neuronal Networks -- Index.
520 _aSystems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium can create dissipative structures through the spontaneous breaking of symmetries. A particularly fascinating feature of these pattern-forming systems is their tendency to produce spatially confined states. These localized wave packets can exist as propagating entities through space and/or time. Various examples of such systems will be dealt with in this book, including localized states in fluids, chemical reactions on surfaces, neural networks, optical systems, granular systems, population models, and Bose-Einstein condensates.This book should appeal to all physicists, mathematicians and electrical engineers interested in localization in far-from-equilibrium systems. The authors - all recognized experts in their fields - strive to achieve a balance between theoretical and experimental considerations thereby giving an overview of fascinating physical principles, their manifestations in diverse systems, and the novel technical applications on the horizon.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aStatistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Optics.
650 2 4 _aPhase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
650 2 4 _aSoft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.
700 1 _aClerc, Marcel.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aResidori, Stefania.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aAssanto, Gaetano.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16549-8
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