Optical bistability and nonlinear switching due to increasing absorption in single-crystal ZnSe waveguides
- 17 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 51 (7) , 475-477
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98398
Abstract
Optical nonlinear switching and bistability due to increasing absorption have been observed in single-crystal ZnSe waveguides with contrast ratios of 16/1 and switching times of 10 μs at 15 mW of argon laser light. Switching energy is improved over the bulk by a factor of 200.Keywords
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