• DocumentCode
    1033311
  • Title

    Optimum control beam angle for a biased optical bistable device

  • Author

    Cush, Rosie

  • Author_Institution
    Plessey Research (Caswell) Limited, Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    619
  • Lastpage
    620
  • Abstract
    The control beam intensity required to switch a multibeam, cascadable Fabry¿Perot bistable device may be minimised by varying the beam incident angle.
  • Keywords
    cavity resonators; light interferometers; optical bistability; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; switching; Fabry-Perot devices; biased optical bistable device; cascade configuration; cavity switching behaviour; control beam switching; maximum fan-out; nonlinear layer; nonlinear optics; optical communication device; optical logic; optimum angle; resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870444
  • Filename
    4257777