Role of color center induced absorption in all-optical switching
- 9 April 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (15), 1394-1396
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102478
Abstract
We show that color center induced absorption can mimic two-photon absorption, and may limit all-optical switching, even for very short pulses. Two-photon and color center induced absorption are measured in a lead glass fiber.Keywords
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