Spatial instability of counterpropagating waves in nonlinear distributed feedback structures

Authors
Afanas'ev, AA Tolkacheva, EG Tredicce, J Volkov, VM
Citation
Aa. Afanas'Ev et al., Spatial instability of counterpropagating waves in nonlinear distributed feedback structures, PHYS REV A, 60(3), 1999, pp. 2375-2379
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW A
ISSN journal
10502947 → ACNP
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2375 - 2379
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(199909)60:3<2375:SIOCWI>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We investigate spatial instabilities (induced by small angular perturbation s) of counterpropagating waves in nonlinear distributed feedback (DFB) stru ctures. We determined the DFB-structure threshold length at which an absolu te instability occurs and a nonhomogeneous spatial intensity distribution i s generated. The evolution of the transverse intensity distribution is stud ied for counterpropagating waves as a function of the control parameters. [ S1050-2947(99)04808-8].