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Optical reflection from a semiinfinite nonlinear crystal

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Multistability of the reflection coefficient as a function of incident amplitude is theoretically demonstrated to be possible for a semiinfinite optically homogeneous medium with the Kerr nonlinearity. The multistability arises at certain relations between the system parameters. The treatment is essentially free from the assumption that field envelopes vary slowly in space. Underlying physical processes are described.

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  1. Pridnestrovsk State University, Tiraspol, Moldova

    K. D. Lyakhomskaya, P. I. Khadzhi & D. A. Markov

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 26, No. 7, 2000, pp. 18–23.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Lyakhomskaya, Khadzhi, Markov.

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Lyakhomskaya, K.D., Khadzhi, P.I. & Markov, D.A. Optical reflection from a semiinfinite nonlinear crystal. Tech. Phys. Lett. 26, 276–278 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1262816

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