Optical bistability in InSb at room temperature with two-photon excitation

A. K. Kar; J. G H Mathew; S. D. Smith; B. Davis; W. Prettl

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Optical bistability in InSb at room temperature with two-photon excitation

A. K. Kar, J. G H Mathew, S. D. Smith, B. Davis, W. Prettl

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We report the observation of optical bistability in an InSb resonator at room temperature. This effect and fringe shifts were caused by nonlinear refraction induced by two-photon absorption of radiation from a single longitudinal mode injection-locked pulsed CO₂ laser operating at 9.6-10.6 µm. Intensities as low as 100 kW/cm² were found to be sufficient to tune the 250-µm-thick cavity through a fringe maximum. From our results we deduce a value of ?⁽³⁾ of the order of 10^-4 esu over the range of intensities investigated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	334-336
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	42
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93923
Publication status	Published - 1983

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