Published 2005 | Version v1
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Amplitude equations for mechanical analogues of Faraday and nonlinear optical rotations

Rousseaux, Germain
Coullet, Pierre
Gilli, Jean-Marc
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Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (INLN) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut Robert Hooke de Culture Scientifique (IRH) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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What is the relationship between the propagation of a light wave in a Kerr medium in the presence of a magnetic field and the oscillation of a spherical pendulum on a rotating platform? We apply the general formalism of amplitude equations in order to explore both the nonlinear and the rotation-induced precession of these optical and mechanical experiments. Then, we explain the surprising analogies between the two physical phenomena.

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