Spontaneous spatial structures and spatial squeezing in optical parametric oscillators

Massimo Brambilla; D. Camesasca; A. Gatti; Luigi A. Lugiato; G. L. Oppo

doi:10.1117/12.164771

1 December 1993 Spontaneous spatial structures and spatial squeezing in optical parametric oscillators

Massimo Brambilla, D. Camesasca, A. Gatti, Luigi A. Lugiato, G. L. Oppo

Proceedings Volume 2039, Chaos in Optics; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164771
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate that the optical parametric oscillator is an ideal system for studying spatial pattern formation and quantum effects in spatial structures. In the first part of the article we analyze a semiclassical model which includes diffraction in the paraxial approximation, and we show the formation of rolls, zig-zag patterns, dislocations, filamentation, and optical chaos. In the second part of the paper we describe the spatial structure of the squeezed vacuum state emitted by the optical parametric oscillator below the threshold for signal generation.

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Massimo Brambilla, D. Camesasca, A. Gatti, Luigi A. Lugiato, and G. L. Oppo "Spontaneous spatial structures and spatial squeezing in optical parametric oscillators", Proc. SPIE 2039, Chaos in Optics, (1 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.164771

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