Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Oscillations, and Chaotic Regimes in Bidirectionally-Pumped Ring Resonators

Michael T. M. Woodley, Jonathan M. Silver, Lewis Hill, François Copie, Leonardo Del Bino, Shuangyou Zhang, Gian-Luca Oppo, Pascal Del'Haye

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Abstract

Spontaneous symmetry breaking has been recently demonstrated experimentally in bidirectionally-pumped dielectric microresonators [1,2]. This process is mediated by cross-phase modulation due to the Kerr nonlinearity. We present comprehensive analytical and dynamical models for this symmetry breaking, with novel results in both time-dependent and time-independent cases, including chaos. The time-dependent system is described by the following pair of dimensionless coupled equations: · e1,2 = e1,2 - [1+i(|e1,2 |2+ 2 |e2,1 |2 - Δ)]e1,2, where in e1,2 are the (clockwise or counterclockwise) electric field amplitudes sent to the cavity, e1,2 are the (clockwise or counterclockwise) electric field amplitudes coupled into the cavity, and Δ is the normalised detuning of the laser with respect to the non-Kerr-shifted cavity resonant frequency.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)
Place of PublicationU. S. A.
PublisherIEEE Xplore
ISBN (Electronic)9781728104690
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2019

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