2018/04/24 by Rubén Martínez-Lorente, Martínez-Lorente, Rubén, Fernando Silva +4
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Amplitude #Artificial intelligence #Bistability #Computer science #Control theory (sociology) #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Metrology #Multistability #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear optics #Nonlinear system #Optical bistability #Optical parametric oscillator #Optics #Oscillation (cell signaling) #Parametric oscillator #Parametric statistics #Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS) #Phase (matter) #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Sign (mathematics) #Statistical physics #nlin.PS
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1804.09125
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University)
arxiv created 2018/04/24 · openalex publication_date 2018/04/24 · arxiv updated 2018/04/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The periodic modulation of an oscillator's frequency can lead to so-called parametric oscillations at half the driving frequency, which display bistability between two states whose phases differ by π. Such phase-locking bistability is at the root of the extraordinary importance of parametric oscillation (and amplification) both in fundamental and applied scenarios. Here we put forward a universal method for exciting tetrastability in parametrically-driven systems, which consists in modulating the amplitude of the parametric drive in such a way that its sign alternates periodically in time. This way, multistability can emerge between four states whose phases differ by a multiple of π/2. We prove theoretically the validity of the method, both analytically and numerically, and demonstrate it experimentally in an optical oscillator. The method could be relevant to the fields of pattern formation, (quantum) information processing and simulation, metrology and sensing.