Optical bistability and temporal symmetry-breaking instability in nonlinear fiber resonators
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Fiber and Integrated Optics
- Vol. 14 (4) , 337-346
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01468039508241786
Abstract
In this work we analyze two different behaviors in a nonlinear passive fiber ring cavity with a synchronously pulsed pump iterating the infinite-dimensional Ikeda map. First, we show optical bistability with normal and anomalous dispersions. The obtained numerical results are compared with the cw pump case. Secondly, these cavities are subject to a temporal symmetry-breaking instability with anomalous dispersion. This instability is described and the range of parameters for its appearance is shown and discussed.Keywords
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