Incoherent mirrorless bistable optical devices
Abstract
A new class of bistable optical devices is described which do not require resonators or single-mode lasers. Optical bistability was demonstrated using a LiNbO3 electro-optic modulator and a multimode laser.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.90035
- Bibcode:
- 1978ApPhL..32..320G
- Keywords:
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- Incoherent Scattering;
- Laser Applications;
- Laser Modes;
- Light Modulation;
- Optical Equipment;
- Electro-Optics;
- Helium-Neon Lasers;
- Hysteresis;
- Lithium Niobates;
- Modulators;
- Optical Resonators;
- Optical Waveguides;
- Optics;
- 42.60.Fc;
- 78.20.Jq;
- 42.82.+n;
- Modulation tuning and mode locking;
- Electrooptical effects