A bistable Fabry-Perot resonator
- 15 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 30 (6), 280-281
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.89367
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate the operation of a novel bistable optical device that exhibits differential gain and can function as an optical switch, limiter, or optical memory element.Keywords
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