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Overview of Optical Switching and Bistability

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High-Speed Electronics

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics ((SSEP,volume 22))

Abstract

In this paper, recent advances in optical bistability and gating of semiconductors will be reviewed. Nonlinear mechanisms responsible for switching will be described. The advantages of nonlinear etalons for massive parallelism and current problems in performing such operations will be mentioned.

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

    N. Peyghambarian & H. M. Gibbs

  2. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique — ENSTA, F-91120, Palaiseau, France

    D. Hulin, A. Antonetti, A. Migus & A. Mysyrowicz

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    Bengt Källbäck

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Peyghambarian, N., Gibbs, H.M., Hulin, D., Antonetti, A., Migus, A., Mysyrowicz, A. (1986). Overview of Optical Switching and Bistability. In: Källbäck, B., Beneking, H. (eds) High-Speed Electronics. Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82979-6_40

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