Temporal behaviour of bistable ZnSe interference filters switched by nanosecond light pulses: Dependence upon the pulse energy

A. Daunois; J. Y. Bigot; R. Leonelli; Desmond Smith

Temporal behaviour of bistable ZnSe interference filters switched by nanosecond light pulses: Dependence upon the pulse energy

A. Daunois, J. Y. Bigot, R. Leonelli, Desmond Smith

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Fast nanosecond switching times in ZnSe bistable nonlinear interference filters have been reported previously. The samples were excited by a cw holding argon laser and a pulsed excimer laser. In this paper, the pulse energy dependence of the switching time is studied. It appears that the pulse energy must be chosen precisely to obtain optimum performances of the device. Since the switching is related to a "thermal" shift of the interference fringe towards the argon laser wavelength, a three-beam experiment has been performed to investigate simultaneously the spectral shift of the fringe and the switching dynamics. © 1987.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	360-366
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	62
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 1987

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