The nonlinear fabry-perot resonator: direct numerical integration
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Abstract
A numerical integration method is presented for the classical anharmonic-oscillator model describing the nonlinear response of a medium to an applied optical field within the single-frequency approximation for self-action effects. The formalism is applied to an analysis of the multistability of a Fabry-Perot resonator. The optical polarization P, rather than the optical E field, is retained as the dynamical variable. We develop an algorithm for integration of the nonlinear wave equation in P and with addition of the nonlinear boundary conditions at the resonator surfaces we are able to find the transmission as a function of intensity and frequency. The formalism applies specifically to materials such as ferroelectrics with strong resonances in the far-infrared spectral region. Illustrative graphs of transmission versus incident intensity throughout the resonance region are presented. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Nonlinear optics, Optical bistability, Fabry-perot, Kerr nonlinearity, Far infrared, Optical bistability, Cavity, Media, Film
Divisions
PHYSICS
Publication Title
Optics Communications
Volume
191
Issue
3-6
Additional Information
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA