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Interaction between opposite waves and optical bistability in nonlinear randomly inhomogeneous heterogeneous media

G. B. Altshuler, M. V. Inochkin, A. A. Manenkov


Abstract: An analysis is made of the main laws governing the propagation of opposite waves in a randomly inhomogeneous medium with a cubic refraction nonlinearity with respect to the field, allowing for interference. It is shown that, in spite of modulation of the optical intensity as a result of interference between the opposite waves, almost complete bleaching of a heterogeneous medium can be achieved for fairly large scattering particles. An analysis is made of an optical resonator filled with a randomly inhomogeneous nonlinear medium and the conditions for bistability are determined. It is established that a considerably lower Q factor than in similar devices using nonlinear absorbers is sufficient to achieve bistability in this resonator.

UDC: 621.373.826

PACS: 42.65.Pc, 42.25.Fx

Received: 29.01.1986

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1987, 17:3, 362–365

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