• DocumentCode
    1088315
  • Title

    Bistability and self-pulsing in Cerenkov-type optical parametric interactions

  • Author

    Lugovoi, V.N.

  • Author_Institution
    General Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    384
  • Lastpage
    386
  • Abstract
    A Cerenkov-type optical parametric oscillator exhibiting optical bistability, hysteresis, self-pulsing, and other effects is discussed. Noteworthy are a low threshold intensity of the pumping beam and a short characteristic time of the relaxation to steady-state light oscillations in the oscillator.
  • Keywords
    Bistability, optical; Hysteresis; Optical bistability; Optical parametric oscillators; Hysteresis; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1981.1071107
  • Filename
    1071107