Room-temperature 1.55μm optical bistability in a GaInAs/AlInAs multiple-quantum-well etalon

10 September 1987

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 23 (19) , 1013-1014
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19870710

Abstract

1.55 μm optical bistability has been observed in a Gain As/AlInAs MQW etalon at room temperature, and we have shown that the nonlinear mechanism responsible for the bistability is due to an electronic nonlinearity in the refractive index.

Keywords

NONLINEAR MECHANISM
OPTICAL BISTABILITY
MQW ETALON
GAINAS-ALINAS
1.55 MICRON
ELECTRONIC NONLINEARITY IN REFRACTIVE INDEX
ROOM TEMPERATURE

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