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Optical Bistable Devices by Charge-Induced Self-Feedback: Switching Time and Spatial Resolution

George Hayashi, Yoshifumi Yamaoka, Syuji Kodama +3 more

International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)Aug 28, 19910 citations

Optical Bistable Device Using Positive Electro-Optic Feedback

C.H.Lee, S.Y.Kim, Soon Young Shin +1 more

Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of KoreaJan 1, 19880 citations

Nonlinear feedback bistable optical devices

C. F. Li

WuliMar 1, 19811 citation

Self-switching in an optical bistable scheme without a resonator but with additional side feedback

Vyacheslav A. Trofimov, Andrey Shobukhov, A. S. Makarik

Optics and SpectroscopySep 1, 19990 citations

Optical bistability based on self-focusing

John E. Bjorkholm, P. W. E. Smith, W. Tomlinson +3 more

We experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new type of intrinsic optical bistability that requires no resonant optical cavity. Operation is based on mutual self-focusing of counterpropagating laser beams in a nonlinear medium. We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new type of optical bistability. 1 The operation of this new class of devices is based on self-focusing of light; the feedback required for bistability is provided by an apertured retroreflector. These devices exhibit intrinsic bistability (the feedback is optical) and are related to nonlinear waveguide devices proposed earlier. 2 Self-focusing occurs when a light beam having a nonuniform spatial profile (such as a Gaussian laser beam) and sufficient intensity propagates through a nonlinear medium having an intensity-dependent index of refraction. 3 Previously proposed devices that exhibitedWe experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new type of intrinsic optical bistability that requires no resonant optical cavity. Operation is based on mutual self-focusing of counterpropagating laser beams in a nonlinear medium. We propose and experimentally demonstrate a fundamentally new type of optical bistability. 1 The operation of this new class of devices is based on self-focusing of light; the feedback required for bistability is provided by an apertured retroreflector. These devices exhibit intrinsic bistability (the feedback is optical) and are related to nonlinear waveguide devices proposed earlier. 2 Self-focusing occurs when a light beam having a nonuniform spatial profile (such as a Gaussian laser beam) and sufficient intensity propagates through a nonlinear medium having an intensity-dependent index of refraction. 3 Previously proposed devices that exhibited

IEEE Journal of Quantum ElectronicsDec 1, 19810 citations

Optical bistability based on self-focusing

John E. Bjorkholm, P. W. E. Smith, W. J. Tomlinson +3 more

We have experimentally demonstrated a fundamentally new type of intrinsic optical bistability. The operation of this new class of device is based on self-focusing of a laser beam as it propagates through a nonlinear medium. It further differs from previous optical devices which exhibited intrinsic bistability (only optical feedback, no electrical feedback) in that the earlier devices have all required resonant optical cavities; no such cavity is required for this new type of device.

Conference on Lasers and Electro-OpticsJan 1, 19811 citation

An improvement on Spatial Resolution in Optical Bistable Devices by Charge-induced Self-Feedback.

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