Abstract
We discuss dispersive optical bistability using a medium whose intrinsic nonlinear behavior exhibits a second-order phase transition. The combined effects of this response and of the first- order-type phase transition imposed by the feedback mechanism, here a Fabry-Perot resonator, lead to novel effects absent from more conventional systems.
© 1987 Optical Society of America
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