All-optical switching in a nonlinear resonator

Mcdonald, GS; Firth, WJ

Abstract

In this paper we consider some features of all-optical switching in a unidirectional ring cavity which is partially filled with a fast and saturably nonlinear medium. A comparative study of cross-talk for both signs of nonlinearity, in a two pixel (whole-beam switching) configuration, is made. A particular interaction modulation is discovered for two beams in the self-defocusing case. For self-focusing media, results are extended by consideration of large (part-beam switched) solitary arrays. Prescribed binary patterns may be stably encoded in a single cavity transit which is in sharp contrast to the hundreds of transits required for spontaneous stabilisation. These patterns are seen to be stable over thousands of transits.

Citation

Mcdonald, G., & Firth, W. (1990). All-optical switching in a nonlinear resonator. Journal of Modern Optics, 37(4), 613-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349014550701

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1990
• Deposit Date: Oct 14, 2011
• Journal: Journal of Modern Optics
• Print ISSN: 0950-0340
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 613-626
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349014550701
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/09500349014550701
• Related Public URLs: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500349014550701