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Solid state: Bistable optical devices promise subpicosecond switching: Extensive research in materials and phenomena could lead to their ultimate use in optical communications, despite high power dissipation

Peter W. E. Smith, W. J. Tomlinson

Published Jun 1, 1981• 88 citations

Abstract

Describes the principles of bistable optical elements and their probable applications in optical communications and reviews the research into materials and phenomena that is now taking place.

DOI: 10.1109/mspec.1981.6369727

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