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Optical Tunability of Resonant Fabry-Perot Saturable Absorbers with Application to Optical Switching

Azad Z. Siahmakoun, Yongan Tang, Sergio Granieri

Published Jan 1, 2007• 1 citation
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Abstract

We demonstrate optical switching in a Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (FPSA) using pump-probe technique at 5 MHz rate. The mechanism is based on controlling the reflectivity of the FPSA via the pump power while operating the device at its resonant.
DOI
10.1364/pr.2007.mb54

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