Frontiers in Optics

Optical Beam Bistability and Hysteresis in onlinear anosuspensions

Alexander V. Shamray, Georgii E. Pobegalov, Peter M. Agruzov, P V Gaenko, Igor V. Il'ichev

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

An optical bistability and hysteresis were observed in the LaF3:Er:Yb nanosuspension. It was driven by the light-induced change in a local particle concentration and explained as a threshold behavior of the nonlinear four waves mixing.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2011.jtua28

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