Eigenpolarizations, Nonreciprocity, And "Isolas" Multiatability In Degenerated Four-Wave Mixing

A. E. Kaplan; C. T. Law

doi:10.1117/12.960395

16 June 1986 Eigenpolarizations, Nonreciprocity, And "Isolas" Multiatability In Degenerated Four-Wave Mixing

A. E. Kaplan, C. T. Law

Proceedings Volume 0613, Nonlinear Optics and Applications; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960395
Event: O-E/LASE'86 Symposium, 1986, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

It is shown that interaction of two waves counterpropagating in Kerr nonlinear medium results in a cross-induced transformation of polarization of the waves. We show that some particular polarizations are preserved (so called nonlinear eigenpolarizations); in such cases the light-induced nonreciprocity is observed which depends on the type of eigen-polarization. We were also able to find the general solution of the spatial dynamics of the polarization of the beams in the case of arbitrary polarizations and to demonstrate that this solution suggests the existence of new multiple isolated branches ("isolas") in the "input-output" characteristic of such a system.

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A. E. Kaplan and C. T. Law "Eigenpolarizations, Nonreciprocity, And "Isolas" Multiatability In Degenerated Four-Wave Mixing", Proc. SPIE 0613, Nonlinear Optics and Applications, (16 June 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960395

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