Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

Swift - Hohenberg-type equation for nascent two-photon optical bistability in the weakly dispersive limit

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

Published Aug 1, 1996• 10 citations

Abstract

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.

DOI: 10.1088/1355-5111/8/4/013

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