All-optical reflectivity tuning and logic gating in a GaAs/AlAs periodic layered structure
- 27 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 60 (4) , 404-406
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.106671
Abstract
The optical nonlinearity of a GaAs/AlAs periodic layered structure was experimentally investigated for the first time. The shift of the reflectivity peak with increasing intensity was observed. A reflectivity contrast of about 10:1 was obtained by varying the incident intensity. Hysteresis loops due to the response delay of both the electronic and the thermal nonlinearity were observed. All-optical logic operations were also demonstrated. A further improvement of the structure may lead to a new type of optical bistable device.Keywords
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