We study a coupled system of a complex Ginzburg-Landau equation with a quasi-which can describe the interaction between a laser beam and a fluid flow (see [Aranson, Kramer, Rev. Med. Phys. 74 (2002)]). We prove the existence of a local in time strong solution for the associated Cauchy problem and, for a certain class of flux functions, the existence of global weak solutions. Furthermore we prove the existence of standing wave solutions of the form (u(t, x), v(t, x)) = (U (x), V (x)) in several cases.