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Optics and Spectroscopy

Formation of multidomain structures in an optically bistable absorption system under the action of hyper-Gaussian light beams

A. V. Vysloukh, Vyacheslav A. Trofimov

Published Dec 1, 2001• 1 citation
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Abstract

It is shown that several longitudinal domains of high absorption are formed under certain conditions in an optically bistable element based on increasing absorption under the action of a hyper-Gaussian light beam. This is caused both by the transformation of the initial beam profile into a tubular distribution and by the diffraction of light by a nonuniform boundary of the region of high absorption. The analysis of dynamics showed the possibility of formation of quasi-stationary regions with high absorption, which exist during a certain time. These effects can lead to false data recording in three-dimensional optical recording systems.

DOI
10.1134/1.1429704

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The possibility of formation of a basic (stationary) and an additional (moving) high-absorption domain in an optically bistable system, based on high absorption, is demonstrated. A semiconductor with the absorption coefficient dependent on the concentration of free charge carriers in the conduction band is considered as a nonlinear medium. Under certain conditions, an optical beam passing through the stationary high-absorption domain acquires an annular profile and, after traveling a certain distance, transforms into a Gaussian beam with an intensity on the axis sufficient to switch the medium-beam system to the upper state. This moving domain periodically disappears and reappears due to diffusion processes.
The dynamics of switching waves in optically bistable systems on the basis of growing absorption is analyzed by quasi-optical description. A new scenario of kinks moving towards the optical beam under the action of a tubular optical beam is described. As opposed to an originally Gaussian beam focused on to the entrance face, a high intensity at the exit from the medium under the action of a collimated tubular beam is achieved due to the transformation of its profile. The structures formed are shown to be identical for both cases of action. The scenario of the development of moving switching waves found in this work is an alternative to that known in the literature earlier, which developed under the action of focused Gaussian beams and was analyzed with no regard for the variations of the phase of the optical beam.
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Transverse beam-profile variations are investigated for a system which shows cavityless optical bistability due to increasing absorption. Coupled transport equations for the light field and the excitation density are derived and solved numerically for the case of an optically thin sample, where longitudinal density variations can be neglected and where diffusion of the excitation is the dominant transverse coupling mechanism. Assuming a Gaussian input beam, the increasing absorption is shown to cause substantial profile modifications when the medium undergoes the transition from low to high absorption. The formation of spatial ring structures is predicted and it is shown that transverse carrier diffusion plays an important role in determining both the steady-state and the temporal response of the system.