An analogue to sound propagation in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity

Author

Boyce, J. ; Chiao, R.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

23-28 May 1992

Firstpage

41

Abstract

Summary form only given. The phenomena of self-focusing and defocusing in nonlinear optics can be viewed as arising from interactions between photons when the light propagation is paraxial and the Kerr nonlinearity is fast. We investigate one novel consequence of this, the existence of sound-like propagating photon density waves in a planar Fabry-Perot cavity containing a self-defocusing (n/sub 2/<0) nonlinear medium.

Keywords

Fabry-Perot resonators; light propagation; optical self-focusing; amplitude-modulated beam; defocusing; dispersion relation; fast Kerr nonlinearity; interactions between photons; nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity; nonlinear index shift; nonlinear optics; paraxial light propagation; planar Fabry-Perot cavity; plane-wave background beam; self-focusing; sound propagation analogue; sound-like propagating photon density waves; Acoustic beams; Acoustic propagation; Fabry-Perot; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Photorefractive effect; Ring oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-576-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.1999.807143

Filename

807143