Journal article
Time Evolution of an Optically Bistable System- Local Relaxation and Tunneling
Optical Engineering, v 19(4), pp 194469-194469
01 Aug 1980
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Abstract
After a brief review of some known steady state properties of an absorptive bistable system, we discuss in some details new aspects of the transient response that follows a sudden perturbation from steady state. The evolution of the perturbed bistable system towards its new steady state consists of two generally distinct phases: one is the local relaxation within each well of the bimodal potential, the second is the tunneling through the local maximum that separates the metastable and stable steady states. We give an analytic description of both phases of the evolution, and give explicit formulas for the local and global relaxation rates.
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- Title
- Time Evolution of an Optically Bistable System- Local Relaxation and Tunneling
- Creators
- J. D Farina - Drexel UniversityL. M Narducci - Drexel UniversityJ. M Yuan - Drexel UniversityL. A Lugiato - University of Milan
- Publication Details
- Optical Engineering, v 19(4), pp 194469-194469
- Publisher
- Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1980KC21500006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0019035425
- Other Identifier
- 991019185111204721
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