Physics Of Low Energy Optical Switching

Mario Dagenais; Wayne F. Sharfin

doi:10.1117/12.941201

22 September 1987 Physics Of Low Energy Optical Switching

Mario Dagenais, Wayne F. Sharfin

Proceedings Volume 0800, Novel Optoelectronic Devices; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941201
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

The physics of low-energy optical switching in both ideal and experimental devices is discussed. Guided-wave optical bistable devices are predicted to have the lowest switching energy per unit gain of any optical switching devices. So far, the bistable diode laser amplifier is the only optical device which can switch with the same switching efficiency as the best electronic device.

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Mario Dagenais and Wayne F. Sharfin "Physics Of Low Energy Optical Switching", Proc. SPIE 0800, Novel Optoelectronic Devices, (22 September 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941201

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