Effect of the spectral profile of a deriving field on the bistability of a dissipative medium

Through the differential equation describing the behavior of the nonlinear polarization of a medium with respect to an incident field, the Maxwell field equations and the boundary conditions of the field inside a resonator, the relationship between the output and the incident fields is obtained, des...

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Published inOptics and laser technology Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 1243 - 1253
Main Authors EL-Nicklawy, M.M., Hassan, A.F., Matar, A.T., Hemeda, A.A., Ali, A.I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2007
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear absorption
Nonlinear optics
Optical bistability, multistability and switching, including local field effects
Optical flip-flop
Optical susceptibility, hyperpolarizability
Optics
Physics
Optical flip-flop
Nonlinear optics
Nonlinear absorption
Optical properties
Differential equations
Boundary conditions
Cavity resonators
Optical bistability
Maxwell equations
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Summary:Through the differential equation describing the behavior of the nonlinear polarization of a medium with respect to an incident field, the Maxwell field equations and the boundary conditions of the field inside a resonator, the relationship between the output and the incident fields is obtained, describing a bistability phenomena. The effect of the spectral profile of the incident field and its spectral halfwidth on the bistability phenomena is studied.
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ISSN:0030-3992
1879-2545
DOI:10.1016/j.optlastec.2006.08.005