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The dynamics of switching waves in optically bistable systems on the basis of growing absorption is analyzed by quasi-optical description. A new scenario of kinks moving towards the optical beam under the action of a tubular optical beam is described. As opposed to an originally Gaussian beam focused on to the entrance face, a high intensity at the exit from the medium under the action of a collimated tubular beam is achieved due to the transformation of its profile. The structures formed are shown to be identical for both cases of action. The scenario of the development of moving switching waves found in this work is an alternative to that known in the literature earlier, which developed under the action of focused Gaussian beams and was analyzed with no regard for the variations of the phase of the optical beam.
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Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya, Vol. 88, No. 5, 2000, pp. 802–805.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Vysloukh, Trofimov.
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Vysloukh, A.V., Trofimov, V.A. The formation of moving kinks under the effect of collimated tubular optical beams. Opt. Spectrosc. 88, 725–728 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.626867
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