Coupler-loss and coupling-coefficient-dependent bistability and instability in a fiber ring resonator

Abstract In this paper, we demonstrate the dynamic simulation of light traveling in a fiber ring resonator with a single coupler. Optical nonlinear phenomena including bistability, the Ikeda instability, bifurcation and chaos are studied. The Ikeda instability in ring resonator arises from the ring-cavity lifetime being much longer than the Kerr-effect response time of the fiber. The transmission curves of the bistability and the instability as function of the insertion losses (γ) and the coupling coefficients (κ) of the coupler are derived.

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