• DocumentCode
    1106909
  • Title

    Intracavity optical bistability due to thermally induced changes in absorption and refraction

  • Author

    Dagenais, Mario ; Surkis, Alisa ; Sharfin, Wayne F. ; Winful, Herbert G.

  • Author_Institution
    GTE Laboratories Inc. Waltham, MA, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    9/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1458
  • Lastpage
    1461
  • Abstract
    Optical bistability in the presence of an optically induced absorption is observed when a thin 13 μm CdS sample is inserted between two mirrors of 90 percent reflectivity. In our experiment, a modulated CW laser of about 15 mW peak power is tuned on each side of the A free exciton resonance in CdS, and the transmission characteristics are studied. A theoretical calculation is presented and good agreement is obtained.
  • Keywords
    Bistability, optical; Cadmium materials/devices; Cavity resonators; Optical bistability; Semiconductor device thermal factors; Absorption; Excitons; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical bistability; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Power lasers; Reflectivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072817
  • Filename
    1072817
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1106909