Polarization multistability and instability in a nonlinear dispersive ring cavity
Anno: 1994
Autori: Haelterman M., Trillo S., Wabnitz S.
Affiliazione autori: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via Baldassarre Castiglione 59, Rome, 00142, Italy; Service d’Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt, CP 194/5, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium
Abstract: We study the role of polarization in modulational instabilities in a synchronously pumped ring resonator that is filled with an isotropic nonlinear dispersive medium. To describe nonlinear propagation of the polarized field throughthe ring, we introduce two coupled driven and damped nonlinear Schrodinger equations. These equations, which result fromaveraging propagation and boundary conditions over each circulation through the ring, permit a simple stability analysis. This analysis predicts polarization multistability in the steady state as well as the emergence of stable pulse trains whose polarization state is either parallel or orthogonal to a linearly polarized synchronous pump beam. The analytical predictions are confirmed and extended by numerical simulations of polarized wave propagation in the cavity.
Giornale/Rivista: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B: OPTICAL PHYSICS
Volume: 11 (3) Da Pagina: 446 A: 456
Parole chiavi: Cavity resonators; Lasers; Light polarization; Quantum theory, Schroedinger equation, Nonlinear opticsDOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.11.000446Citazioni: 48dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-14Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui