Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4293–4296 (1999)Bilateral Symmetry Breaking in a Nonlinear Fabry-Pérot Cavity Exhibiting Optical TristabilityReceived 5 August 1999; published in the issue dated 22 November 1999 We show the existence of a region in the parameter space that defines the field dynamics in a Fabry-Pérot cylindrical cavity, where three output stable stationary states of the light are possible for a given localized incident field. Two of these states do not preserve the bilateral (i.e., left-right) symmetry of the entire system. These broken-symmetry states are the high-transmission nonlinear modes of the system. We also discuss how to excite these states. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4293
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.4293
PACS:
42.65.Pc
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