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The author considers the quasilinear parabolic functional-differential equation \[ u_t+ u= D\Delta u+ K(1+ \gamma\cos u_g)\;(x\in Q, t\in\mathbb{R}), \] where \(Q\subset \mathbb{R}^n\) is a bounded domain with boundary \(\partial Q\in C^\infty\), \(\Delta\) is the Laplace operator, \(D> 0\) is the diffusion constant, \(\gamma> 0\) is the visibility of the interference pattern, \(K\neq 0\) is the nonlinearity constant depending on the intensity of the input field, \(u= u(x,t)\) is the phase of the light wave, \(u_g= u(g(x), t)\), and \(g:\overline Q\to g(\overline Q)\) is a one-to-one transformation of the space variables such that \(g(Q)\cap Q\neq \emptyset\), \(g(x)\neq x\) \((x\in Q)\). Also, there is a boundary condition \(\partial u/\partial\widetilde\nu|_{\partial Q\times\mathbb{R}}= 0\), where \(\nu\) is the unit inward normal on \(\partial Q\) at the point \(x\) and \(\widetilde\nu= (\nu,0)\). This interesting equation represents the field transformation in a two-dimensional feedback for a nonlinear optical system. Such systems are used in modern computer technology and the investigation of laser beams. The bifurcation of the periodic solutions to the problem under consideration is studied. There exist necessary and sufficient conditions for the linearized elliptic functional-differential operator to be normal, which has been published by the same author [ZAMM 78, Suppl. 2, 737-738 (1998; Zbl 0921.35183)]. Here, the author investigates a substantially more general case without the assumption that the linearized elliptic functional-differential operator is normal.




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