Figure 3: Tristability.
From: Interaction-induced hopping phase in driven-dissipative coupled photonic microcavities
(a,b) show the measured populations in the driven and undriven cavities, respectively, for 1476.87 meV driving energy (dashed line in Fig. 1a). Shaded areas indicate the irradiance range for tristability; (e–g) show three mode profiles obtained for the same irradiance, as indicated with the purple stars in (a,b). The grey crosses denote the irradiance corresponding to Fig. 4; (c,d) show the populations calculated with the model described in the text. Solid curves indicate stable modes, open circles indicate parametrically unstable modes and grey lines indicate unstable modes.
