Inhibition of modulational instabilities via transverse band-gaps in nonlinear cavities

Author

Gomila, Damia ; Zambrini, Roberta ; Oppo, Gian-Luca

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Firstpage

118

Abstract

This work considers nonlinear optical cavities with spatially modulated parameters and studies their effect on the formation of higher order spatial modes and pattern formation. In particular, this study shows that transversely modulated structures can suppress completely the off-axis emission associated with modulation instabilities and pattern formation. This phenomenon can be applied to the stabilisation of fundamental modes in optoelectronic devices with intracavity photonic crystals.

Keywords

modulational instability; nonlinear optics; pattern formation; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; fundamental mode stabilisation; higher order spatial modes; intracavity photonic crystals; modulational instabilities; nonlinear optical cavities; off-axis emission suppression; optoelectronic devices; pattern formation; transverse band-gaps; transverse modulation; Amplitude modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8973-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567289

Filename

1567289