Walk-Off-Induced Modulation Instability, Temporal Pattern Formation, and Frequency Comb Generation in Cavity-Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

We derive a time-domain mean-field equation to model the full temporal and spectral dynamics of light in singly resonant cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation systems. We show that the temporal walk-off between the fundamental and the second-harmonic fields plays a decisive role under realistic conditions, giving rise to rich, previously unidentified nonlinear behavior. Through linear stability analysis and numerical simulations, we discover a new kind of quadratic modulation instability which leads to the formation of optical frequency combs and associated time-domain dissipative structures. Our numerical simulations show excellent agreement with recent experimental observations of frequency combs in quadratic nonlinear media [Phys. Rev. A 91, 063839 (2015)]. Thus, in addition to unveiling a new, experimentally accessible regime of nonlinear dynamics, our work enables predictive modeling of frequency comb generation in cavity-enhanced second-harmonic generation systems. We expect our findings to have wide impact on the study of temporal and spectral dynamics in a diverse range of dispersive, quadratically nonlinear resonators.

Författare

F. Leo

University of Auckland

Tobias Hansson

Universita degli Studi di Brescia

Chalmers, Fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

I. Ricciardi

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

M. De Rosa

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

S. Coen

University of Auckland

S. Wabnitz

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Universita degli Studi di Brescia

M. Erkintalo

University of Auckland

Physical Review Letters

0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)

Vol. 116 3 033901

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.033901

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