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Ultrafast Behavior of Optically-Nonlinear Etalons

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Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures

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Nonlinear Fabry-Perot étalons are among the most promising candidates for all-optical switching and bistability. We have studied the temporal behavior of such a device with a GaAs/AlGaAs supperlattice as intracavity material. The use of the optical Stark effect on the excitonic resonances provides an ultrafast mechanism for intracavity nonlinearity, which allows us to obtain subpicosecond switching times.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA—Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de l’Yvette, 91120, Palaiseau, France

    Danièle Hulin

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  1. Jérôme Paye
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  1. 536 Aba-machi, 851-01, Nagasaki, Japan

    Susumu Namba (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita City, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Chihiro Hamaguchi (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106, Japan

    Tsuneya Ando (Professor) (Professor)

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Paye, J., Hulin, D. (1992). Ultrafast Behavior of Optically-Nonlinear Etalons. In: Namba, S., Hamaguchi, C., Ando, T. (eds) Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66922-7_44

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