SPACE AND TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECTS IN OPTICAL BISTABILITY

被引:39
作者
ABRAHAM, E [1 ]
BULLOUGH, RK [1 ]
HASSAN, SS [1 ]
机构
[1] AIN SHAMS UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT APPL MATH,CAIRO,EGYPT
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10.1016/0030-4018(79)90148-2
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present numerical studies of optical bistability which admit variations in both space and time in the governing c-number equations. We justify mean field theory for both the steady state and time dependent regimes for low enough cavity transmissivity T: but for T ≥ 0.2 mean field theory is scarcely applicable. Higher harmonic fields are important at low T (high reflexion). As expected the steady state hysterisis behaviour at low T is considerably modified in the time dependent regime. Transistor action at high T ∼ 0.9 is described. In general the numerical results show good qualitative agreement with the experiment of Gibbs et al. © 1979.
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页码:109 / 114
页数:6
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