Mirrorless Bistability In A Thin Absorbing Film Induced By A New Mechanism

Luis Roso-Franco

doi:10.1117/12.937117

10 July 1987 Mirrorless Bistability In A Thin Absorbing Film Induced By A New Mechanism

Luis Roso-Franco

Proceedings Volume 0701, 1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937117
Event: 1986 International European Conference on Optics, Optical Systems, and Applications, 1986, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The propagation of laser light through a thin absorbing film is theoretically studied. Computed steady-state solutions of the Maxwell-Bloch equations describing the unidimensional propagation of a plane monochromatic wave without introducing the slowly varying envelope approximation are presented that show how saturation effects can influence the absorption of the field. Those solutions indicate a new mechanism that can result in a bistable response of a thin absorbing film. This mechanism is closely related to the so-called self-induced reflectivity.

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Luis Roso-Franco "Mirrorless Bistability In A Thin Absorbing Film Induced By A New Mechanism", Proc. SPIE 0701, 1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications, (10 July 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937117

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