Abstract
Image-enhancing optical cavities offer an intriguing platform for nonlinear optical processing of two-dimensional signals, with potential applications in optical information processing and optically implemented artificial neural networks. Here, we analyze the performance of a self-imaging degenerate cavity via numerical simulations and show the existence of a cavity-size-dependent minimum spread in the transverse-mode resonances. This nondegeneracy, in turn, leads to an inherent trade-off between the resonant enhancement and the fidelity of the intracavity image as the cavity finesse changes.
3 More- Received 4 May 2019
- Revised 5 December 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.013824
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