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Optical bistability transients have been computed including one transverse Cartesian coordinate. With a Gaussian transverse input profile but weak diffractive coupling, the switchup intensity is radially dependent, and the output requires hundreds of round trips to reach steady state. Strong diffractive coupling results in whole-beam switchup and much faster convergence to steady state.
Moloney et al. (Mon,) studied this question.