DISCRETE MAPPING FOR NONLINEAR MEDIA IN OPTICAL RESONATORS

The nonlinear dynamics of a Fabry-Perot resonator filled with GaAs and driven by a pulsed input is examined in the bad-cavity limit. Mode locking phenomena with Farey tree structure are investigated for CdS in the good-cavity limit using the same type of resonator. The optical properties of the latter materials are modelled by a rate equation treatment and the use of an ansatz by L. Banyai & S. Koch. Moreover, we present a simple mapping for density or temperature dependent media in a ring cavity