Switch between the Types of the Symmetry Breaking Bifurcation in Optically Induced Photorefractive Rotational Double-Well Potential

@article{Chen2012SwitchBT,
  title={Switch between the Types of the Symmetry Breaking Bifurcation in Optically Induced Photorefractive Rotational Double-Well Potential},
  author={Guihua Chen and Jianxiong Wu and Zhihuan Luo},
  journal={Journal of the Physical Society of Japan},
  year={2012},
  volume={82},
  pages={034401-034401}
}
We study the possibility of switching the types of symmetry breaking bifurcation (SBB) in the cylinder shell waveguide with helical double-well potential along propagation direction. This model is described by the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. The symmetry- and antisymmetry-breakings can be caused by increasing the applied voltage onto the waveguide in the self-focusing and -defocusing cases, respectively. In the self-focusing case, the type of SBB can be switched from… 
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