Open AccessExcitation of switching waves in normally dispersive Kerr cavities
Author(s) -
Jonathan Lottes,
Gino Biondini,
Stefano Trillo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.425677
Subject(s) - excitation , physics , optics , dispersion (optics) , wave packet , field (mathematics) , kerr effect , atomic physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics
A coherently pumped, passive cavity supports, in the normal dispersion regime, the propagation of still interlocked fronts or switching waves that form invariant localized temporal structures. We address theoretically the problem of the excitation of this type of wave packet. First, we map all the dynamical behaviors of the switching waves as a function of accessible parameters, namely, the cavity detuning and input energy deficiency, using box-like excitation of the intracavity field. Then we show how a good degree of control can be obtained by applying a negative or positive external pulsed excitation.