Abstract
In a recent paper1 I formulated a method for calculating propagation through nonlinear media for a number of nonlinear optical phenomena. This method does not use the SVEA and can therefore solve nonlinear propagation problems when refraction and reflection at the boundary interfaces are important. Here, I report the first calculation using this exact (albeit numerical) method. For this first test of the utility of the method, I have chosen to study optical bistability in a thin film whose index of refraction is intensity dependent.
© 1983 Optical Society of America
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