Optical bistability near the optical Freedericksz transition

F. MARQUIS; P. MEYSTRE

International Quantum Electronics Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1987),
paper TUGG13

Optical bistability near the optical Freedericksz transition

F. MARQUIS and P. MEYSTRE

International Quantum Electronics Conference 1987

Baltimore, Maryland United States
26 April–1 May 1987
ISBN: 0-936659-51-3

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F. MARQUIS and P. MEYSTRE, "Optical bistability near the optical Freedericksz transition," in International Quantum Electronics Conference, T. Hansch, D. Grischkowsky, D. Pritchard, and C. Shank, eds., Vol. 21 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1987), paper TUGG13.

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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.

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