par Mandel, Paul
Référence Optics communications, 55, 4, page (293-296)
Publication Publié, 1985-01
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We investigate analytically the switching process of a bistable system which is described near each limit point by a single ordinary nonlinear differential equation. For a holding beam near the limit point and a rectangular switching pulse, we prove that the requirement of switching imposes a constraint only on the pulse area. This results holds for bistability in general and is applied to purely dispersive optical bistability.