Title :
A general eikonal treatment of coupled dispersively nonlinear resonators exhibiting optical multistability
Author :
Orenstein, Meir ; Speiser, Shammai ; Katriel, Jacob
Author_Institution :
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
fDate :
9/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A recently presented eikonal treatment of nonlinear resonators is reformulated so as to enable a straightforward generalization to coupled resonators. A few coupled dispersively nonlinear resonator configurations are presented and analyzed. They exhibit novel types of multistability.
Keywords :
Bistability, optical; Fabry - Perot resonators; Optical bistability; Optical couplers; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Coupling circuits; Equations; Fabry-Perot; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical coupling; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables control;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1985.1072810
