Optical Bistable Devices: The Basic Components Of All-Optical Systems?

H. M. Gibbs; S. L. McCall; T. N. C. Venkatesan

doi:10.1117/12.959956

29 July 1981 Optical Bistable Devices: The Basic Components Of All-Optical Systems?

H. M. Gibbs, S. L. McCall, T. N. C. Venkatesan

Proceedings Volume 0269, Integrated Optics I; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959956
Event: 1981 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1980, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

Intrinsic optical bistability experiments are reviewed and their contributions summarized. Very large nonlinearities in semiconductors give reason to hope that practical devices may evolve in the near future. Characteristics important for practical optical logic devices are discussed: size, temperature range, holding intensity, switching energy, switching times, and wavelength range and stability.

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H. M. Gibbs, S. L. McCall, and T. N. C. Venkatesan "Optical Bistable Devices: The Basic Components Of All-Optical Systems?", Proc. SPIE 0269, Integrated Optics I, (29 July 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959956

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