Optical hysteresis in a semilinear photorefractive coherent oscillator

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-246

  Mathey, P ^a   Gadret, G ^a   Odoulov, S ^b   Rytz, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c Edelsteine/Edelmetalle GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent oscillators; Frequency degenerate four wave mixing; Optical bistability

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

COHERENT OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL HYSTERESIS; PUMP WAVES; PUMP-RATIO DEPENDENCES;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 33847718321     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/3/006     Document Type: Article

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