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Wuhan University Journal of Natural Sciences

Er-doped fiber optical bistability without cavity

Yuancheng Zhang, Xianjun Ke, Wang Lin

Published Sep 1, 1997• 1 citation
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Abstract

The observation of increasing absorption nonlinearity and bistability without cavity in Er-doped fiber is reported. The operation power is low (submilliwatts). The operation mechanism is analyzed.
DOI
10.1007/bf02829906

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