Аннотация:The escape time from the lower energy state of the bistable nonlinear
driven microcavity oscillator has been obtained analytically by means of
the quasi-classical kinetic equation in the basis of quasi-energy
states. The dependence of the escape time on the intensity of the
external field is in rather good agreement with the results of numerical
experiments. Moreover, the numerical dependencies of the escape time on
the damping parameter reveal a smooth crossover from exponential to
diffusive-like behavior.