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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Regenerative pulsations in an optical bistable GaAs etalon

H. M. Gibbs, J. L. Jewel, S. S. Tarmg, Arthur C. Gossard, W. Wiegmann

Published Jan 1, 1981• 2 citations
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Abstract

McCall1 pointed out and demonstrated in a hybrid device that an optical bistable device can pulsate provided the nonlinearity has two contributions of opposite signs and different time constants. McCall also suggested the use of an intrinsic bistable device in which an electronic effect causes switching from one state to another, but a slower thermal effect of opposite sign prevents either state from being stable.

DOI
10.1364/cleo.1981.wj9

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This article describes the application of one type of optical bistable device based on gallium arsenide as the nonlinear medium. The authors discuss several possible operations with GaAs nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalons. This article utilizes a recently developed computer model to illustrate the basic operating principles and applications. The authors mainly concentrate on the device operation itself. In keeping with common practice they use the term optical bistable device when referring to a device that can exhibit optical bistability even when not being used in such a manner. Instead of the expression nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalon, they often use nonlinear etalons or etalon devices.