Abstract

Owing to their intriguing nonlinear dynamics, synchronously driven fiber cavities have attracted growing attention these last few years. They can be found in practices as the basic elements of several fiber-based devices such as APM lasers [1], Raman lasers [2] and fiber loop memories [3]. Although they arc conceptually simple devices, synchronously driven cavities exhibit complex dynamical behaviors. In this work we analyze the influence of Raman scattering on the dynamics of synchronously driven cavities. We show, in particular, that Raman scattering is responsible for optical limiting action and a new type of optical multistability.

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