• DocumentCode
    3324971
  • Title

    Electrical simulation of optical bistability

  • Author

    Daneshvar, Kasra ; Singco, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., North Carolina Univ., Charlotte, NC, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    9-12 Apr 1989
  • Firstpage
    1041
  • Abstract
    The electrical equivalence of optical bistability consists of a circuit with input Vi, output V0, and transmission T(V0 /Vi) which is nonlinear with respect to input. A circuit with the above characteristics has been constructed. This circuit consists of a dissipative resonator with voltage-controlled capacitors and resistance as nonlinear elements. It is shown that bistable electric resonance circuits can function as an electrical equivalent with many important characteristics of an optical bistable device
  • Keywords
    equivalent circuits; nonlinear network analysis; optical bistability; bistable electric resonance circuits; dissipative resonator; electrical equivalence; nonlinear elements; optical bistability; optical bistable device; voltage-controlled capacitors; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Electric resistance; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical resonators; RLC circuits; Resonance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Southeastcon '89. Proceedings. Energy and Information Technologies in the Southeast., IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Columbia, SC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SECON.1989.132567
  • Filename
    132567