Optical bistability by two-wave mixing in photorefractive crystals
Author(s) -
Edward D. Baraban,
Hong-Zhun Zhang,
Robert W. Boyd
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the optical society of america b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.741
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1520-8540
pISSN - 0740-3224
DOI - 10.1364/josab.9.001689
Subject(s) - bistability , strontium barium niobate , photorefractive effect , optical bistability , mixing (physics) , optics , four wave mixing , nonlinear optics , physics , materials science , condensed matter physics , optoelectronics , laser , quantum mechanics , dielectric , ferroelectricity
Optical bistability in photorefractive strontium barium niobate in a two-wave mixing configuration with feedback is reported. We observe bistability both under conditions for which its existence was recently predicted by Zozulya et al. [ Opt. Commun.72, 381 ( 1989)] and under more general conditions.
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