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Optical Bistability in PbSnSe at Room-Temperature with Infrared Radiation at Milliwatt Powers

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Optical Bistability III

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We report the first observation of optical nonlinearity in PbSnSe using infrared radiation. This is also the first report of room-temperature optical bistability in PbSnSe with power levels of as low as 3 mW. These initial results of preliminary experiments are very promising and indicate possible applications in optical signal processing.

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

    A. K. Kar, H. A. MacKenzie, Ji Wei & J. J. E. Reid

  2. Fraunhofer Institut für Physikalische Meßtechnik, Heidenhof Straße 8, D-7800, Freiburg, Germany

    R. Grisar, D. Ball & H. M. Preier

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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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Kar, A.K. et al. (1986). Optical Bistability in PbSnSe at Room-Temperature with Infrared Radiation at Milliwatt Powers. 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_40

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