Optical multistability in a fiber-optic passive-loop resonator

Abstract The nonlinear phase-shift, unavoidably induced in an electromagnetic field circulating in a fiber-optic passive-loop resonator by the presence of the optical Kerr effect, gives rise to a multistable behavior of the input-output characteristics at relatively low optical powers.

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