Reversible Self-Replication of Spatiotemporal Kerr Cavity Patterns
Reversible Self-Replication of Spatiotemporal Kerr Cavity Patterns
We uncover a novel and robust phenomenon that causes the gradual self-replication of spatiotemporal Kerr cavity patterns in cylindrical microresonators. These patterns are inherently synchronised multi-frequency combs. Under proper conditions, the axially-localized nature of the patterns leads to a fundamental drift instability that induces transitions amongst patterns with a different …