Phys. Rev. A 93, 043820 (2016) - Nonlinear mode coupling in whispering-gallery-mode resonators

Nonlinear mode coupling in whispering-gallery-mode resonators

Giuseppe D'Aguanno and Curtis R. Menyuk

Phys. Rev. A 93, 043820 – Published 12 April 2016

Abstract

We present a first-principles derivation of the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations that govern the interaction between two families of modes with different transverse profiles in a generic whispering-gallery-mode resonator. We find regions of modulational instability and the existence of trains of bright solitons in both the normal and the anomalous dispersion regime.

Received 15 December 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.043820

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Laser spectroscopy Optical solitons Whispering gallery mode resonators

Microcavity & microdisk lasers

Nonlinear DynamicsAtomic, Molecular & Optical

Authors & Affiliations

Giuseppe D'Aguanno^* and Curtis R. Menyuk^†

Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA

^*giusdag@umbc.edu
^†menyuk@umbc.edu

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Vol. 93, Iss. 4 — April 2016

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