• DocumentCode
    2995906
  • Title

    Excitability of Localized Structures in Kerr Media

  • Author

    Jacobo, Adrian ; Gomila, Damia ; Colet, Pere ; Matias, Manuel

  • Author_Institution
    Institut Mediterrani d`Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma, de Mallorca, Spain., jacobo@imedea.uib.es
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We find and characterize two different mechanisms that lead to excitability of localized structures in a Kerr cavity. In a first scenario the excitability appears a saddle loop bifurcation. In second place we show an excitability regime that arises trough a SNIC bifurcation.
  • Keywords
    Bifurcation; Electromagnetic modeling; Jacobian matrices; Laser excitation; Optical diffraction; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Prototypes; Steady-state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801389
  • Filename
    4801389