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Acta Optica Sinica

An electrooptic nonlinear Michelson optical bistable devices

Li C

Published Jan 1, 1981• 0 citations
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Abstract

An electrooptical crystal was inserted in one of the two arms of a Michelson interferometer. The feedback signal was used for phase modulation of the light beam in this arm. Thus the light output intensity, as a result of the interference of two beams, exhibited optical testability. An integrated optical device version based on this principle was proposed.

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An electrooptical crystal was inserted in one of the two arms of a Michelson interferometer. The feedback signal was used for phase modulation of the light beam in this arm. Thus the light output intensity, as a result of the interference of two beams, exhibited optical testability. An integrated optical device version based on this principle was proposed.
One of the most interesting and applicable effects of nonlinear optics is optical bistability. This phenomenon is exhibited by certain resonant optical structures where it is possible to have two stable steady transmission states for the device, depending on the history of the input. Such a bistable device may be useful for optical computing elements as a result of its memory characteristics. Optical bistability behaviour is usually observed by inserting a nonlinear matter inside a Fabry–Perot interferometer. But in this study, it was shown that this can be achieved without the application of any optical resonator. Two laser beams were used to interact with the photorefractive media (doped PMMA polymer) which resulted in the bistability of the intensity of transmitted wave. Feedback was provided by a periodic grating created in the photorefractive polymer PMMA.