Thermo-optical nonlinearities and stability conditions for high-finesse interferometers

Year: 2007

Authors: Marino F., Marin F.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50019 Florence, Italy; Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Florence, Italy; LENS, I-50019 Florence, Italy.

Abstract: A theoretical study of a Fabry-Perot cavity in presence of radiation pressure and photo-thermal effects is reported. We show that the competition between these nonlinearities leads to bistability or self-sustained oscillations also in absence of time-delays effects in the intracavity field buildup. In both regimes the stability domains are derived analytically. The results are relevant for extremely sensitive interferometric displacement measurements including quantum optics experiments and gravitational waves detection.

Journal/Review: PHYSICS LETTERS A

Volume: 364 (6)      Pages from: 441  to: 447

More Information: This work was partially funded by EU through the ILIAS project (RII3-CT-2003-506222).
KeyWords: Fabry-Perot interferometer; dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; gravitational wave detectors; radiation pressure; photo-thermal effect
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.12.034

Citations: 10
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