Optical Bullet Holes: Robust Controllable Localized States of a Nonlinear Cavity

Firth, W. J.; Scroggie, A.J.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.76.1623

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“…To make a delay line, we take advantage of the fact that a CS couples easily to any perturbation of the translational symmetry and will, therefore, drift transversely on any parameter gradient. 11,12 The CS, thus, behaves like a particle, but with non-Newtonian dynamics: its velocity, rather than its acceleration, is proportional to the applied "force." Although unavoidable inhomogeneities provide pinning centers for the CS ͑see inset of Fig.…”

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All-optical delay line using semiconductor cavity solitons

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et al. 2008

Applied Physics Letters

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All-optical delay line using semiconductor cavity solitons

Pedaci

Barland

Caboche

et al. 2008

Applied Physics Letters

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“…(6). If σ ′ + σ ′′∆ > 0 solutions exist for |µ| 2 > |µ c | 2 − 1 |σ| 2 (σ ′ + σ ′′∆ ) and there is bistability up to µ c among the solutions obtained by taking the plus and minus signs.…”

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Polarization patterns and vectorial defects in type-II optical parametric oscillators

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Previous studies of lasers and nonlinear resonators have revealed that the polarisation degree of freedom allows for the formation of polarisation patterns and novel localized structures, such as vectorial defects. Type II optical parametric oscillators are characterised by the fact that the down-converted beams are emitted in orthogonal polarisations. In this paper we show the results of the study of pattern and defect formation and dynamics in a Type II degenerate optical parametric oscillator for which the pump field is not resonated in the cavity. We find that traveling waves are the predominant solutions and that the defects are vectorial dislocations which appear at the boundaries of the regions where traveling waves of different phase or wave-vector orientation are formed. A dislocation is defined by two topological charges, one associated with the phase and another with the wave-vector orientation. We also show how to stabilize a single defect in a realistic experimental situation. The effects of phase mismatch of nonlinear interaction are finally considered.

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“…They may either be isolated, randomly distributed or self-organized in clusters forming a well-defined spatial pattern. In two-dimensional (2D) settings, theoretical prediction of high degree of multistability between structures having different number of peaks was established for driven nonlinear planar cavities [6][7][8][9][10][11]. This prediction has been confirmed by experimental evidence of DLS in various nonlinear optical systems [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Spontaneous motion of localized structures and localized patterns induced by delayed feedback

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Abstract.We study the properties of 2D dissipative structures in a coherently driven optical resonator subjected to a delayed feedback. It has been predicted that delayed feedback can lead to the spontaneous motion of bright localized structures [M. Tlidi et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 103904 (2009)]. We study here the phenomenon in detail. In particular, we show that the delayed feedback induces a spontaneous motion of periodic patterns and dark localized structures. We focus our analysis on nascent optical bistability regime where the space time dynamics is described by a variational Swift-Hohenberg equation. In the absence of delayed feedback, dark localized structures and patterns do not move. This behavior occurs when the product of the delay time and the feedback strength exceeds some critical value.

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Optical Bullet Holes: Robust Controllable Localized States of a Nonlinear Cavity

Cited by 434 publications

References 12 publications

All-optical delay line using semiconductor cavity solitons

All-optical delay line using semiconductor cavity solitons

Polarization patterns and vectorial defects in type-II optical parametric oscillators

Spontaneous motion of localized structures and localized patterns induced by delayed feedback

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