Study of fluctuations in transient optical bistability
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 32 (2), 1271-1274
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.32.1271
Abstract
The effect of external noise on the dynamic behavior of an intrinsic optical-bistable system is studied experimentally. Under conditions of critical slowing down we observe a transient bimodality in the intensity distribution as well as a reduction of the switching delay due to fluctuations. Our experimental results are in good qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions.Keywords
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