Hierarchical multistability and cooperative flip-flop operation in a bistable optical system with distributed nonlinear elements.
A bistable optical system with distributed nonlinear elements is proposed. Novel functions are derived from the collective nature of the optical elements. Collective phenomena including spatial period-doubling bifurcations, hierarchical multistabilities, and various types of cooperative all-optical flip-flop operations are predicted to take place in the proposed optical device.
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NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, 180, Japan.
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