About the Possibility of Field Optical Bistability

Vyacheslav A. Trofimov, M.M. Loginova

Published Jan 18, 2006• 0 citations

Abstract

Using computer simulation, the possibility of absorption optical bistability, based on the dependence of absorption coefficient on semiconductor electric field induced by laser light is predicted.

DOI: 10.1109/cleopr.2005.1569587

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