• DocumentCode
    3598262
  • Title

    Modal bistability in a GaAlAs leaky waveguide

  • Author

    Walker, A.C. ; Valera, J.D. ; Goodwill, D.J. ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Henning, I.D. ; Ritchie, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    6/2/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42675
  • Lastpage
    42679
  • Abstract
    Previously reported observations of optical bistability in a GaAs/GaAlAs waveguide cavity included whole-sample thermally induced absorptive and refractive bistability and localised (μs) thermally induced absorptive bistability. These experiments were all conducted in a proper waveguide geometry with confined modes. The authors report the observation of bistability due to changes in the modes propagating in a leaky GaAs/GaAlAs waveguide
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; optical bistability; optical waveguides; GaAlAs leaky waveguide; GaAs-GaAlAs waveguide; optical bistability; refractive bistability; semiconductors; thermally induced absorptive bistability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Non-Linear Optical Waveguides, IEE Colloquium on
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    209364