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Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide

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Optical Bistability III

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Abstract

We report the first observation of intrinsic bistability in a passive optical waveguide. The nonlinearity responsible appears to be thermal in origin and gives rise to both refractive and absorptive bistability. A high degree of multi-stability is also observed.

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  1. Physics Department, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK

    A. C. Walker, J. S. Aitchison & J. T. Chilwell

  2. British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 7RE, UK

    S. T. D. Ritchie & P. M. Rodgers

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  1. Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Hyatt M. Gibbs  & Nasser Peyghambarian  & 

  2. Campus Plaine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP 231, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Paul Mandel

  3. Dept. of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, EH14 4AS, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    S. Desmond Smith

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Walker, A.C., Aitchison, J.S., Chilwell, J.T., Ritchie, S.T.D., Rodgers, P.M. (1986). Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide. 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_27

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