Instability of single-frequency operation in semilinear photorefractive coherent oscillators.
The transition of the single-frequency oscillation of a semilinear photorefractive coherent oscillator for sufficiently large coupling strengths into two-frequency oscillation is predicted and is observed experimentally. The critical value of the coupling strength at which the bifurcation occurs is a function of pump intensity ratio and cavity losses. The supercritical bifurcation in the oscillation spectrum is analogous to the second-order phase transition.
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Laboratoire de Physique, Université de Bourgogne, 21078 Dijon, France.
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