All-optical power limiting of CO2 laser pulses using cascaded optical bistable elements

17 March 1986

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 48 (11), 683-685
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96742

Abstract

We report the first all-optical power limiter based on cascaded InSb étalons. The power limiting effect is due to a dispersive nonlinearity in InSb at room temperature as a result of generation of free carriers through two-photon absorption of 10 μm radiation. The efficiency and dynamic range of this all-optical circuit are discussed.

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