Optical bistability initiated by absorption of resonance radiation by molecular gas

V. M. SHMELEV; A. D. MARGOLIN

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1988),
paper WM60

Optical bistability initiated by absorption of resonance radiation by molecular gas

V. M. SHMELEV and A. D. MARGOLIN

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1988

Anaheim, California United States
25–29 April 1988
ISBN: 1-55752-033-X

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V. M. SHMELEV and A. D. MARGOLIN, "Optical bistability initiated by absorption of resonance radiation by molecular gas," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Pinnow and P. Moulton, eds., Vol. 7 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1988), paper WM60.

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Abstract

It is found that the optical bistability in an absorbing molecular gas may develop as a result of the nonlinearity of the dependence of the optical excitation rate of molecules on the nonequilibrium vibrational energy of the system.

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