Intrinsic Optical Bistability in Nonlinear Media
- 27 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (9) , 910-913
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.910
Abstract
A general class of optically bistable systems is described which operates without feedback and is based on the intrinsic response of certain nonlinear media. A detailed analysis of one such medium is presented which demonstrates that bistability may result in virtually all macroscopic optical and material parameters.Keywords
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