POLARIZATION BISTABILITY OF COUNTERPROPAGATING LASER-BEAMS

被引：60

作者：

GAUTHIER, DJ

MALCUIT, MS

GAETA, AL

BOYD, RW

机构：

[1] The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1990年 / 64卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1721

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We have observed bistability in the states of polarization of laser beams counterpropagating through sodium vapor. No external feedback is provided; the beams interact solely through four-wave mixing processes. © 1990 The American Physical Society.

引用

页码：1721 / 1724

页数：4

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