Optical bistability in dispersive and absorptive media
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 12 (1) , L39-L42
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/12/1/010
Abstract
The relevance of dispersion in optical bistability is outlined. The results are compared with those for absorptive bistability, and a connection with experiments is discussed.Keywords
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