Acta Optica Sinica

Optical bi stability produced from NH_2D gas Stark effect

Un D

Published Jan 1, 1992• 0 citations

Abstract

A mirrorless bistable device composed of NH2D gas stark cell and optical detector/electronic feedback loop is reported in this paper. The bistability of the devios is observed experimentally and the result of the experiment is agreement with the theoritical analysis.

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