Optics Letters

High-contrast submilliwatt switches in an optically bistable liquid-crystal étalon utilizing absorption of reflected signal

Ashley Lloyd

Published Mar 1, 1988• 3 citations

Abstract

The demonstration of an all-optical bistable étalon utilizing absorption of the reflected signal is reported and theoretically justified.

DOI: 10.1364/ol.13.000227

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