Simultaneous forward and backward integration for standing waves in a resonator

Optical cross talk between nearby optical bistable devices on the same étalon

This Letter is concerned with the parallel operation of optical bistable devices. The two-beam side-by-side case has been simulated numerically. Diffraction coupling from one device operating in the upper branch can cause the other one, operating in the lower branch, to switch to the upper branch if the separation of the two beams is too small. The separation required for independent operation is usually a few beamwidths. The results give promise for performing parallel operations with optical bistable devices on the same étalon.

Mode properties of a strip confocal unstable resonator with saturable gain

The asymptotic analysis technique for calculating the modes of unstable strip resonators is extended to include the effects of a saturable but otherwise uniform gain. Utilizing simultaneous forward and backward (in time) propagation and the Rigrod gain formula, an iterative algorithm is employed to find the intensities inside a resonator. In contrast with Fox-Li type iterations, this scheme converges rapidly and gives all the higher modes. Mode properties at critical Fresnel numbers are examined as a function of gain saturation, which is seen to reduce mode degeneracy.