Optical bistability that is due to mutual self-action of counterpropagating beams of light.
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چکیده
A new kind of optical bistability is discussed that is based on mutual self-action of light beams in a nonlinear medium. In particular, fundamentally new devices are proposed that use two counterpropagating incident beams and no reflection feedback. Self-focusing (or self-defocusing) and self-bending provide bistability with positive or negative nonlinearity.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 6 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981