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Stimulated Stokes and Antistokes Raman Scattering in Microspherical Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators
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Symmetry-breaking-induced dynamics in a nonlinear microresonator.
Optics Express
|November 6, 2019
Summary
Chiral symmetry breaking in microresonators generates exotic dynamics between light modes. This nonlinear photonics phenomenon leads to unique self-trapping behaviors and transitions influenced by mode loss.
Area of Science:
- Nonlinear photonics
- Quantum optics
- Microresonator dynamics
Background:
- Optically induced symmetry-breaking is crucial in nonlinear photonics.
- Kerr-nonlinearity-induced chiral symmetry breaking was recently observed in ultrahigh-Q whispering-gallery microresonators.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the exotic dynamics generated by symmetry-breaking between counter-propagating modes.
- To predict and analyze self-trapping phenomena and the impact of mode loss.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of nonlinear dynamics in microresonators.
- Modeling of counter-propagating modes under Kerr nonlinearity.
- Simulation of mode loss effects.
Main Results:
- Symmetry-breaking generates exotic dynamics between two counter-propagating modes.
- Two types of self-trapping are predicted, characterized by relative phase oscillations or unbounded running.
- Mode loss induces a dynamical transition from self-trapping to anharmonic oscillation.
Conclusions:
- The study reveals novel nonlinear dynamics and wave chaos in microresonators.
- The findings offer a new perspective on light-matter interactions in engineered optical systems.
- This work paves the way for understanding complex phenomena in nonlinear optical systems.
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