Drift instability and spatiotemporal dissipative structures in a nonlinear Fabry–Perot resonator under oblique incidence
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 9 (9) , 1563-1570
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.9.001563
Abstract
By means of a simplified model we study the dynamics of transverse effects in the nonlinear Fabry–Perot resonator illuminated under both normal and oblique incidences. We show that oblique incidence leads to a new kind of instability characterized by the onset of periodic self-pulsing. On the basis of a simple linear stability analysis, we interpret this instability in terms of a drift of spatial dissipative structures.Keywords
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