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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Spatial and temporal structures of light fields in nonlinear interferometer

O. G. Romanov, Alexander S. Rubanov, Alexei L. Tolstik

Published Jul 22, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

Investigation of nonlinear interferometers symmetrically pumped by two light beams has been proposed. An analysis of the conditions for realization of symmetrical and asymmetrical optical bistability, different spatial-temporal structures due to symmetry breaking bifurcation has been performed.
DOI
10.1117/12.475934

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