Picosecond switching induced by saturable absorption in a nonlinear directional coupler
- 26 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 53 (13) , 1144-1146
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100039
Abstract
Fluence‐induced changes in absorption of a semiconductor‐doped‐glass directional coupler have resulted in nonlinear optical switching on a picosecond time scale. The functional dependence on the incident fluence confirms that the switching is dominated by absorptionsaturation.Keywords
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