Two-photon optical bistability with spatial effects

LI Fu-li, J.A. Hermann, J.N. Elgin

H. I. Carmichael, J.A. Hermann

Luigi A. Lugiato, G. Strini

B. V. Thompson, J.A. Hermann

J.A. Hermann, J.N. Elgin

V. J. Sánchez-Morcillo, Germán J. de Valcárcel

Two-photon optical bistability under the influence of transverse effects is considered near the onset of bistability in the weakly dispersive limit. A reduced-field equation of the Swift - Hohenberg type is then obtained, showing the equivalence between two-photon and the usual one-photon optical bistability in the considered limits.