Propagation of spatially periodic waves in the optical parametric oscillator

Sarah E. Hewitt; J. Nathan Kutz

doi:10.1117/12.526162

14 June 2004 Propagation of spatially periodic waves in the optical parametric oscillator

Sarah E. Hewitt, J. Nathan Kutz

Proceedings Volume 5337, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526162
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2004, San Jose, Ca, United States

Abstract

We consider the mean field model of the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) when the second harmonic of the OPO is driven externally by a spatially periodic pump field. Exact solutions for the first and second harmonics can be derived using Jacobi elliptic functions. These solutions can describe behavior that is both sinusoidally varying as well as front and pulse-like in the transverse direction. Numerical simulations show that for a wide range of parameter space these solutions are stabilized transverse field structures. Bifurcations can also occur which result in new nontrivial, but periodic, spatial structures.

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Sarah E. Hewitt and J. Nathan Kutz "Propagation of spatially periodic waves in the optical parametric oscillator", Proc. SPIE 5337, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications III, (14 June 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.526162

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