Applied Optics

All-optical bistability in doped-polymer film waveguides

Hui‐Tian Wang, Peixian Ye, Ling Qiu, Xingfa Fu, Yuquan Shen

Published Oct 20, 1995• 6 citations

Abstract

All-optical bistability was observed in thin-film waveguides made with acceptor-donor substituted azobenzene-doped poly(methyl methacrylate) polymer. Input-output curves with hysteresis characteristics were measured. The origin of the bistability was attributed to nonlinear coupling between a prism and a doped-polymer waveguide. An approximately theoretical analysis was introduced. Theoretical predictions were qualitatively consistent with experimental results.

DOI: 10.1364/ao.34.006892

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