Optical bistable device as electro-optical multivibrator

1 March 1980

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 36 (5) , 351-353
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91500

Abstract

A truly bistable device using an integrated optical cutoff modulator in LiNbO₃ is reported. With appropriate optical input power, the device may be used as an electrical Schmitt trigger (electrical bistability). By electrical feedback, electro‐optical multivibrator operation is demonstrated.

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