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Stationary states of two coupled double phase-conjugate mirrors
V T Tikhonchuk1, M G Zhanuzakov, A A Zozulya
1Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
Abstract:
Stationary states of the system of two coupled double phase-conjugate mirrors are considered by taking into account small but finite seed values of the scattered waves at the entry into a nonlinear medium. Seed values are shown to determine both the possibility of self-starting oscillation for a given level of nonlinearity and the position and width of the bistability region.
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