Control of spatial instabilities with intracavity photonic crystals

Author

Gomila, D. ; Moreno, M. ; Zambrini, R.

Author_Institution

IFISC, UIB, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this work we show the role of photonic crystals in a type I degenerate optical parametric oscillator (PCOPO) inducing a periodic modulation of the refractive index in the transverse plane. The intracavity photonic crystal is modelled by spatial dependent detunings that can have different amplitudes for pump and signal fields. Due to these spatial modulations, in general, there are not homogeneous stationary solutions. Still, analytical results can be obtained restricting the stability analysis to the most intense spatial harmonics. The stability analysis in this case is the same of a singly resonant degenerate parametric oscillator and was analytically obtained. Inhibition was observed in the case of a cubic instead of a quadratic non-linearity, suggesting that this is a general effect of photonic crystals.

Keywords

optical materials; optical modulation; optical parametric oscillators; optical tuning; photonic crystals; refractive index; intracavity photonic crystal; periodic modulation; refractive index; spatial dependent detuning; spatial harmonics; spatial instability; spatial modulation; stability analysis; type I degenerate optical parametric oscillator; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Oscillators; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Stability analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192671

Filename

5192671