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We study a doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator where the pump can feed two pairs of signal-idler modes. We assume the presence of gain at the pump frequency. We investigate the various oscillation states of interest, namely, when only the first pair oscillates with the other pair having null amplitudes and vice versa. We demonstrate the exchange of dynamics between the mode pairs when the relevant parameters of the cavity, namely, the phase mismatch factors or the decay rates switch because of fluctuations. The exchange of dynamics is shown to be independent of the nature of dynamics, i.e. independent of whether the motion isn-periodic or chaotic. We also investigate the case where both the pairs can exhibit chaotic dynamics though these states are difficult to realize because of fluctuations.
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Jose, J., Deb, B. & Gupta, S.D. Hopping of chaotic dynamics in a doubly resonant parametric oscillator. Pramana - J Phys 49, 389–398 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847426
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847426