Transverse-Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Optics

Introduction.- Light propagation in nonlinear optical media.- The photorefractive nonlinearity.- Spatial photorefractive solitons in anisotropic, saturable media.- Interaction of spatial solitons in saturable and photorefractive media.- Self-organized pattern formation in single-feedback systems.- Selection, manipulation and control of self-organized patterns.- Transverse patterns in active photorefractive oscillators.