INTRINSIC OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN LAYERED CRYSTALS

Authors
RATAJSKAGADOMSKA B GADOMSKI W
Citation
B. Ratajskagadomska et W. Gadomski, INTRINSIC OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN LAYERED CRYSTALS, Applied optics, 34(21), 1995, pp. 4326-4330
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
21
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4326 - 4330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:21<4326:IOBILC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The parametric excitation of the low-frequency overtone in GaSe crysta l by a biharmonic optical field is shown to lead to bistability of bot h the crystal refractive index and the optical held generated in the f our-wave-mixing process. The effect appears to be much stronger in lay ered crystals than in crystals of higher symmetry.