Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Numéro C2, Juin 1988
Optical Bistability - IV
Page(s) C2-271 - C2-274
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1988264
Optical Bistability - IV

J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-271-C2-274

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988264

ANALYSIS OF LASER-INDUCED GRATING (LIG) SELF-DIFFRACTION IN AN INDUCED ABSORBING MEDIUM

C. WEBER, R. RENNER et C. KLINGSHIRN

Department of Physics, University Kaiserslautern, Erwin Schrödinger Strasse 46, D-67050 Kaiserslautern, F.R.G.


Abstract
We investigate the dynamics of Laser-Induced Gratings (LIG) in a medium showing optical bistability due to increasing absorption (e.g. CdS). Fast switching processes occur in selfdiffraction both in the diffracted and transmitted beams.