Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 1995, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (3): 272-282.

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CHAOS IN PERIODICALLY MISMATCHED NONLINEAR COUPLERS

YIJIANG CHEN   

  1. Optical Sciences Centre Australian National University Canberra, Australia
  • Received:1994-10-24 Online:1995-09-30 Published:1995-09-30

Abstract: The existence of chaos in periodically mismatched twin core nonlinear couplers is demonstrated,using the Poincare map as a measure.A physical inteapretation for the mechanism of the onset of the chaos is also presented, based on coupling of the periodio modes of a periodic structure.

Key words: nonlinear couplers, periodical perturbations, chaos