Abstract

Spontaneous transverse one-dimensional optical grating formation has been observed in slightly asymmetric single-feedback mirror experiments using nematic liquid crystals as nonlinear optical media. It is shown that weak asymmetries can be compensated by increasing the intensity and transition from one-dimensional gratings to two-dimensional patterns.

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