Abstract

We report on the transverse field structures of lasers with cylindrical resonator optics. We use a photorefractive oscillator (PRO) as a class A-lascr model system |1|. For its convenient dynamic time scale this arrangement lends itself particularly to studies of pattern dynamics in active optical systems |2|. The eylindrical resonator optics is used to produce predominantly one dimensional phenomena. We interpret these quasi-1D patterns as higher order 1D Hermite-modes with internal "flows" along the "channel" direction.

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