Abstract The cubic complex Ginzburg-Landau equation is one of the most-studied nonlinear
equations in the physics community. It describes a vast variety of phenomena from nonlinear …

Optical vortices are attracting much attention because of their applications in various fields of
optical processing, communications, enhanced imaging systems, and bio-inspired devices …

Experimental evidence of coherence resonance in an optical system is reported. We show
that the regularity of the excitable pulses in the intensity of a laser diode with optical …

Spatial branching processes are ubiquitous in nature, yet the mechanisms that drive their
growth may vary significantly from one system to another. In soft matter physics, chiral …

Inspired by rattleback toys, we created small chiral wires that rotate in a preferred direction
on a vertically oscillating platform and quantified their motion with experiment and …

By sending circularly polarized light beams onto a homeotropic nematic liquid crystal cell
with a photosensitive wall, we are able to locally induce spontaneous matter vortices that …

Investigations on solitons have been carried out for decades in various areas of physics,
such as nonlinear photonics, magnetic matter and superconductors. However, producing …

The basic mechanisms of optical pattern formation are reviewed, with particular reference to
a system based on a Liquid-Crystal-Light-Valve with optical feedback. The system is …

Labyrinthine patterns, spot replication, and spiral wave turbulence are examples of complex
patterns found in reaction-diffusion systems. Labyrinthine, or lamellar, pat-terns have been …

We propose a loop-coupled hybrid nanomechanical resonator (NR) system, in which a two-
level quantum dot is embedded into a doubly clamped NR coupled to another two NRs, and …