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View SchemaMode hopping strongly affects observability of dynamical instability in optical parametric oscillators
| Authors | Axelle Amon, Marc Lefranc |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0605211 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605211 |
| DOI | 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00227-1 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal D 44 (2007) 547-556 |
Abstract
Theoretical investigations of dynamical behavior in optical parametric oscillators (OPO) have generally assumed that the cavity detunings of the interacting fields are controllable parameters. However, OPOs are known to experience mode hops, where the system jumps to the mode of lowest cavity detuning. We note that this phenomenon significantly limits the range of accessible detunings and thus may prevent instabilities predicted to occur above a minimum detuning from being evidenced experimentally. As a simple example among a number of instability mechanisms possibly affected by this limitation, we discuss the Hopf bifurcation leading to periodic behavior in the monomode mean-field model of a triply resonant OPO and show that it probably can be observed only in very specific setups.
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"abstract": "Theoretical investigations of dynamical behavior in optical parametric\noscillators (OPO) have generally assumed that the cavity detunings of the\ninteracting fields are controllable parameters. However, OPOs are known to\nexperience mode hops, where the system jumps to the mode of lowest cavity\ndetuning. We note that this phenomenon significantly limits the range of\naccessible detunings and thus may prevent instabilities predicted to occur\nabove a minimum detuning from being evidenced experimentally. As a simple\nexample among a number of instability mechanisms possibly affected by this\nlimitation, we discuss the Hopf bifurcation leading to periodic behavior in the\nmonomode mean-field model of a triply resonant OPO and show that it probably\ncan be observed only in very specific setups.",
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