Instabilities of a Dispersive Nonlinear All Fiber Ring Cavity,

Abstract

Nonlinear optical cavities have been proposed for many applications such as bistability and optical switching. They have recently found an important application as the fast modulating element in coupled-cavity mode-locking. In this paper, we address the problem of the dynamical instabilities at the output of an all-fiber ring cavity synchronously pumped by a pulse train from a sync. pumped dye laser. Our analysis is based on a numerical simulation of the Nonlinear Schroedinger (NLS) equation and is primarily intended to explain recent experimental results.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 1992
Accession Number
ADP007598

Entities

People

  • Michel Piche
  • Real Vallee

Organizations

  • Laval University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dye Lasers
  • Equations
  • Instability
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Liquid Lasers
  • Optical Switching
  • Optomechanics
  • Simulations
  • Switching
  • United Kingdom
  • Wave Phenomena

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy