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Four-phase patterns in a forced nonlinear optical oscillator

Eugenio RoldánGerma~¡n J. De ValcárcelStanis KolpakovVictor B. TaranenkoJavier GarciaF. SilvaKestutis Staliunas

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PhysicsFour-wave mixingPlanarOpticsbusiness.industryPhase (waves)Fresnel numberNonlinear opticsResonancebusinessMultistabilityOptical bistability

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We present preliminary theoretical and experimental results indicating that a high Fresnel number nonlinear optical oscillator with planar mirrors can display four-phase multistability, eventually leading to four-phase patterns. Such situation is similar to that emerging in extended oscillatory systems forced within a 4:1 resonance and, to the best of our knowledge, has not been predicted nor observed previously in an optical system.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-06-01CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference
https://doi.org/10.1109/cleoe-eqec.2009.5192911