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We demonstrate a new mechanism for optical bistability(OB) in integrated optics(IO): light-induced-desorption of molecules from the surface of the waveguide, or out of pores in the waveguiding film itself, and their re-adsorption from the gaseous phase, respectively. By this process the effective refractive index N of the waveguide depends on the guided power P’. This effect is the basis of intrinsic dispersive OB of the following IO devices: input grating couplers on planar waveguides, Fabry-Perot or ring resonators, and presumably Bragg reflectors and directional couplers.
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Lukosz, W., Briguet, V. (1986). Light-Induced-Desorption: A New Mechanism for Bistability in Integrated Optical Devices. In: Gibbs, H.M., Mandel, P., Peyghambarian, N., Smith, S.D. (eds) Optical Bistability III. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46580-2_25
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