Abstract
We report the first observation to our knowledge of mirrorless optical bistability based on a dispersive effect, namely, cross-trapping optical bistability due to the mutual interaction of two counterpropagating beams. The phase conjugation of a probe beam generated by four-wave mixing in such a system is sensitive to the intensities of the counterpropagating beams and has been used to monitor the bistability.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 220-222 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics letters |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics