Bjorkholm J E, Smith P W, Tomlinson W J, Kaplan A E
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA.
Opt Lett. 1981 Jul 1;6(7):345-7. doi: 10.1364/ol.6.000345.
We experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new type of intrinsic optical bistability that requires no resonant optical cavity. Operation is based on mutual self-focusing of counterpropagating laser beams in a nonlinear medium.
我们通过实验证明了一种全新的本征光学双稳性,这种双稳性无需谐振光学腔。其工作原理基于在非线性介质中反向传播的激光束之间的相互自聚焦。