Dynamical signatures of self-phase-locking in a triply resonant optical parametric oscillator.
We report on specific signatures of self-phase-locking in a cw frequency divide-by-three optical parametric oscillator subject to two competing chi(2) nonlinear processes that couple the signal and idler subharmonic waves. The self-phase-locked pair appears as a broad fringe dip within the mode-pair cluster. We have also observed Hopf instabilities of the zero-detuning case at approximately 4 x the pump threshold. These results open the path to experimental investigation of quantum entanglement and phase-locked transverse mode structures in this novel class of parametric oscillators.
BNM-SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, F-75014 Paris, France. jean-jacques.zondy@obspm.fr
Jean-Jacques
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Zondy
Dmitri
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Kolker
Franco N C
FN
Wong