Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide

A.C. Walker; S. Aitchison; J. Chilwell; S.T.D. Ritchie; P.M. Rodgers

doi:10.1364/OBI.1985.WA6

Topical Meeting on Optical Bistability (OB3)
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1985),
paper WA6
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OBI.1985.WA6

Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide

A.C. Walker, S. Aitchison, J. Chilwell, S.T.D. Ritchie, and P.M. Rodgers

Optical Bistability 1985

Tucson, Arizona United States
2–4 December 1985
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A. C. Walker, S. Aitchison, J. Chilwell, S. T. D. Ritchie, and P. M. Rodgers, "Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Passive GaAlAs Waveguide," in Topical Meeting on Optical Bistability (OB3), Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1985), paper WA6.

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Abstract

Intrinsic optical bistability has been observed in a GaAlAs slab waveguide as a result of a dispersive nonlinearity. The guiding layer was 1.7 μm thick, contained ~ 7% Al and was bounded by GaAlAs layers of higher Al content. An optical cavity was formed by cleaving the guide ends and leaving these surfaces uncoated (~ 32% reflectivity). The length of the cavity was ~ 200 μm.

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