Abstract
It is shown that photorefractive wave-mixing gives saturable gain, saturable absorption and Kerr-like nonlinear phase retardation. An analogy between photorefractive two-beam coupling and two-level atom system is then drawn. We investigate optical bistability in a ring cavity, utilizing these phenomena, and compare our results with classical absorptive and dispersive optical bistability.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 515-521 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optics Communications |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 15 Apr 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Foundation of Research in Electronics, Computers and Communications, Administrated by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, and a grant from the National Council for Research and Development, Israel, and the European Economic Community.
Funding
This research was supported by the Foundation of Research in Electronics, Computers and Communications, Administrated by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, and a grant from the National Council for Research and Development, Israel, and the European Economic Community.
| Funders |
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| European Economic Community |
| Foundation of Research in Electronics, Computers and Communications |
| National Council for Research and Development, Israel |
| Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities |