COMPETITIVE INSTABILITY IN NONLINEAR FABRY-PEROT ETALONS

被引:4
作者
HALLEY, JM [1 ]
MIDWINTER, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,LONDON WC1E 7JE,ENGLAND
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10.1109/3.44968
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The stability of Fabry-Perot etalons with competing mechanisms is investigated. For high-finesse cavities with linear absorption, exact stability criteria, in terms of physically measurable parameters, are deduced. It is found that unstable outputs, over a certain range of input powers, may or may not exist depending on the strengths and time constants of the competing mechanisms and on the detuning of the etalon. The dynamics of these devices, both stable and unstable, are illustrated by means of a numerical model. The practical application of the theory is illustrated with reference to a typical system. © 1990 IEEE
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