TRANSIENT OPTICAL VORTICES IN THE PROCESS OF PATTERN FORMATION IN A KERR SLICE SYSTEM WITH SINGLE FEEDBACK

The transient process of the optical pattern formation in a Kerr medium is numerically studied. We find that the process is accompanied by transient optical vortices in the far field. The temporal evolutions of the appearance and disappearance of the vortices are presented. All vortices will vanish when the system approaches its steady state. The number of vortices versus time is given.