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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 8: Focus Session: Nonlinear Dynamics and Stochastic Processes – Advances in Theory and Applications II
DY 8.2: Talk
Monday, March 17, 2025, 15:30–15:45, H43
Thermo-optical excitations and mixed-mode oscillations in an injected Kerr microcavity — •Elias Koch1, Julien Javaloyes2, and Svetlana Gurevich1,3 — 1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany — 2Departament de Fisica, Universitat de les Illes Balears & IAC-3, Cra. de Valldemossa, km 7.5, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain — 3Center for Nonlinear Science (CeNoS), University of Münster, Corrensstraße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
We study the dynamics of a vertically emitting micro-cavity containing a Kerr nonlinearity that is subjected to detuned optical injection. To this end, we present an extended model that allows investigation of the influence of cavity heating, which shifts the microcavity resonance and thus the detuning on a slow time scale. As a consequence of this scale separation, we uncover a canard scenario featuring dark and bright excitations, as well as mixed-mode oscillations that can be manipulated by tuning the injection amplitude and frequency. When the microcavity is coupled to a long external feedback loop, subjecting it to strong time-delayed optical feedback, we can examine the additional influence of the time delay on excitability dynamics, as well as the impact of thermal effects on preliminary studies.
Keywords: Kerr; nonlinear; excitable; delay; laser