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Bistability and hysteresis phenomena in an optical parametric oscillator
Author(s) -
Lugovoi V. N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220940108
Subject(s) - bistability , hysteresis , optical bistability , physics , waveguide , optics , optical parametric oscillator , parametric oscillator , parametric statistics , nonlinear optics , optoelectronics , condensed matter physics , mathematics , laser , statistics
The optical parametric oscillator involving the analogue of the inverse Čerenkov effect is considered for the case when the pumping (with a frequency ω p ) consists of two plane waves incident at two different angles onto an optical waveguide (terminated by mirrors). Here, a bistability of the oscillator output emission (with frequencies ω s , ω v satisfying the relation ω s + ω r = ω p ) and hysteresis phenomena caused by the bistability are shown to be realized. Also, bistability and hysteresis phenomena are shown to appear in the weaves with the frequency ω p reflected from (transmitted through) the waveguide layer, and in the waves with new frequencies 2ω s , 2ω r which are due to the transformation of the pumping in the waveguide layer.