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The field of laser physics and nonlinear optics has provided many examples of instabilities occuring far from equilibrium. The analogy of the laser threshold with a second order phase transition occuring far from equilibrium was first pointed out by GRAHAM and HAKEN [1] and DIGI0RGI0 and SCULLY [2]. The laser with saturable absorber provided an analogy with first order phase transitions [3–5]. There has recently been considerable experimental and theoretical studies on coherently driven optical cavities with intracavity nonlinear absorptive or dispersive medium [6]. These systems may give rise to optical bistability [7–9].
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Walls, D.F., Zoller, P., Drummond, P.D., Kunasz, C.V. (1981). Bifurcations and Multistability in Nonlinear Optics. In: Haken, H. (eds) Chaos and Order in Nature. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68304-6_12
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