• DocumentCode
    1106899
  • Title

    Two photon induced optical bistability in CdHgTe at room temperature

  • Author

    Craig, Duncan ; Kar, Ajoy K. ; Mathew, J. Gordon H ; Miller, Alan

  • Author_Institution
    Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcs, England
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    9/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1363
  • Lastpage
    1369
  • Abstract
    We report the first observation of quasi-steady state optical bistability in a 360 μm thick, uncoated Cd0.23Hg0.77Te etalon at room temperature as a result of the generation of free carriers through two photon absorption of pulsed 10.6 μm radiation from a hybrid TEA CO2laser (FWHM = 1.75 μs). The experimental results are compared with the predictions of a computer model.
  • Keywords
    Cadmium materials/devices; Laser radiation effects; Mercury materials/devices; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Photonic band gap; Resonance; Semiconductor lasers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072816
  • Filename
    1072816
    • Link To Document
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