Title :
Optimum control beam angle for a biased optical bistable device
Author_Institution :
Plessey Research (Caswell) Limited, Allen Clark Research Centre, Towcester, UK
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870444
