Optical Bistable Devices: The Basic Components Of All-Optical Systems?
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng in Optical Engineering
- Vol. 19 (4) , 194463-194463-
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972544
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.Keywords
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