Acta Physica Sinica

AN ANALYSIS ON CHARACTERISTIC OF THE HYBRID OPTICAL BISTABILITY

Yonggui Li, Hongjun Zhang, 中国科学院物理研究所

Published Jan 1, 1983• 4 citations

Abstract

The characteristic of optical bistability is analysed theoretically for the photoelectric modulator with a feedback circuit. The effect of the "critical slowing down" for a step input as it operates in the bistable mode is discussed.

DOI: 10.7498/aps.32.301

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