Abstract
We describe a theoretical analysis of the nonlinear dynamics of third-harmonic generation via Kerr nonlinearities in a resonant cavity with resonances at both and . Such a doubly resonant cavity greatly reduces the required power for efficient harmonic generation, by a factor of , where is the modal volume and is the lifetime, and can even exhibit 100% harmonic conversion efficiency at a critical input power. However, we show that it also exhibits a rich variety of nonlinear dynamics, such as multistable solutions and long-period limit cycles. We describe how to compensate for self- and cross-phase modulation (which otherwise shifts the cavity frequencies out of resonance), and how to excite the different stable solutions (and especially the high-efficiency solutions) by specially modulated input pulses.
5 More- Received 3 August 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.013812
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