Effects of diffraction and diffusion in dispersive optical bistability in Fabry–Perot étalons
Ulf Olin
Transverse effects in optical bistability, when both diffraction and diffusion are taken into account, have been studied. A numerical method is presented, as well as results for dispersive optical bistability in Fabry–Perot resonators for different diffusion lengths. It is shown that for small spot sizes, diffraction considerably influences the transmission characteristics and hysteresis disappears when diffusion is present.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B•Jan 1, 1988•11 citations