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Super-Narrow Spectral Peaks: New Critical Phenomena in Optically Bistable Systems

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Publication date1991
Host publicationOSA Proceedings on Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems
EditorsN. B. Abraham, E. M. Garmire, P. Manuel
Place of PublicationWashington DC
Pages266-270
Number of pages5
Volume7
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Fluctuation-induced transitions between coexisting attractors in a periodically driven nonlinear system have been investigated theoretically and with an analogue electronic circuit model. Calculations and measurements of power spectral densities of fluctuations have revealed superimposed twin-peaked partial spectra and a super-narrow spectral peak whose intensity depends critically on the distance from the phase transition.

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