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

A. C. Walker; A. K. Kar; Wei Ji; U. Keller; S. D. Smith

doi:10.1063/1.96742

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

A. C. Walker, A. K. Kar, Wei Ji, U. Keller, S. D. Smith

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	683-685
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	48
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96742
Publication status	Published - 1986

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