Theoretical and experimental fundamentals of the phenomenon of optical self-switching of unidirectional distributively coupled waves are presented. This waves represent a whole class of waves in optics: waves in tunnel-coupled optical waveguides, waves undergoing the Bragg diffraction, waves with different polarisations in an anisotropic (birefringent) waveguide or crystal, waves with different frequencies in a quadratically nonlinear medium, etc.

PACS: 42.65.Pc, 42.79.Ta, 42.81.Gs (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU1995v038n09ABEH000105 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1995/9/c/ A1995TB73200003 Citation: Maier A A "Optical self-switching of unidirectional distributively coupled waves" Phys. Usp. 38 991–1029 (1995) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Майер А А «Оптическое самопереключение однонаправленных распределенно-связанных волн» УФН 165 1037–1075 (1995); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0165.199509c.1037