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Polarization instability and multistability in nonlinear optics
N. I. Zheludev Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract:
Temporal polarization instability is seen as an oscillatory or random variation in time of the polarization parameters of light interacting with a nonlinear system. Spatial polarization instability is the formation of “frozen” complex quasiperiodic or pseudochaotic distributions of the polarization parameters of a wave along the direction of propagation. The problem of polarization instability or multistability is intimately related to the polarization of eigenwaves in the nonlinear problem and their transformation as a result of “hard” and “soft” spontaneous polarization symmetry breaking. This paper presents a review of publications on polarization instabilities in passive nonlinear optical systems, including Fabry–Perot resonators, gyrotropic media, systems with strong two-photon absorption, birefringent crystals, fiber lightguides, and isotropic media.
Citation:
N. I. Zheludev, “Polarization instability and multistability in nonlinear optics”, UFN, 157:4 (1989), 683–717; Phys. Usp., 32:4 (1989), 357–375
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