Abstract
The coupling of diffraction and optical coherence of a three-level medium in an optical cavity is considered. Self-organisation and pattern formation due to a combination of electromagnetically induced transparency, close-to-resonance Kerr effects and diffraction is demonstrated. Self-focusing in the peaks of the resulting Turing pattern leads to localised amplification of the input pump. Spatial dissipative solitons with controllable position, dispersion and coherence are also described.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1408-1416 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Optics |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 14-15 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Keywords
- atomic coherence
- Maxwell-Bloch equations
- electromagnetically induced transparency
- pattern formation
- spatial solitons
- cooperative frequency locking
- passive optical-systems
- solitons
- spontaneous emission
- feedback mirror
- Kerr cavity
- absorption properties
- laser
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