Title :
Weak optical turbulence in class-A nonlinear optical systems
Author_Institution :
Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
Transverse pattern formation and weak optical turbulence is theoretically investigated in multi-transverse-mode class-A nonlinear optical systems (primarily class-A lasers). It is shown, that “nontrivial patterns” occur due to transverse mode locking to a common frequency in class-A nonlinear optical systems. The optical turbulence is related to irregular energy transfer “bursts” from the most strongly amplified wavenumbers (sources) to the most strongly damped wavenumbers (sinks) in the spatial wavenumber domain
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser theory; nonlinear optics; class-A nonlinear optical system; energy transfer burst; multi-transverse-mode laser; transverse mode locking; transverse pattern formation; weak optical turbulence; Equations; Frequency; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Optical vortices; Pattern formation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rodos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3650-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1996.582876
