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Applied Physics Letters

Theory of nonresonant multistable optical devices

F. S. Felber, John H. Marburger

Published Jun 15, 1976• 225 citations
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Abstract

We show that a Fabry-Perot interferometer filled with a Kerr medium has a multiple-valued transmission-intensity characteristic. ’’On’’ and ’’off’’ field for bistable operation are estimated, and a simple but accurate approximate theory is described.
DOI
10.1063/1.88632

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