N. V. Kukhtarev, B. D. Pavlik, V. V. Sorokina, T. I. Semenets, “Critical phenomena in self-diffraction gyration of laser beams in electrooptic crystals”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1986, Volume 13, Number 2,Pages <nobr>326

Critical phenomena in self-diffraction gyration of laser beams in electrooptic crystals

N. V. Kukhtarev, B. D. Pavlik, V. V. Sorokina, T. I. Semenets

Abstract: A theoretical analysis is made of optical multistability in electrooptic crystals in the case of various mechanisms of self-diffraction gyration. A method for realization of optical bistability in the interaction of two beams is suggested and estimates are obtained for strontium barium niobate and lithium niobate.

UDC: 778.39.535.36

PACS: 42.65.Pc, 78.20.Jq, 78.20.Ek, 42.40.Ht, 42.70.Ln, 72.40.+w

Received: 04.12.1984