Optical Engineering

Transverse optical bistability of self-action laser beams in a nonlinear medium

Anatoly A. Borshch, Vladimir Y. Gayvoronsky, Vladyslav I. Volkov

Published Apr 1, 1995• 2 citations

Abstract

Transverse optical bistability investigation review is presented. Aberration theory of the transverse optical bistability with counter-propagating light beam interaction is developed. The effect of aberration phenomena on switching thresholds is described and theoretical results are compared with experimental observations in α-SiC(6H) crystal.

DOI: 10.1117/12.197191

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