Two beam optical signal amplification and bistability in InSb

D A B Miller; Desmond Smith

Two beam optical signal amplification and bistability in InSb

D A B Miller
, Desmond Smith

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

We report the application of bandgap resonant nonlinear refraction to optical amplifier and switch devices - based on a nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer constructed from an InSb crystal. One such device, called a "transphasor", amplifies small power changes in one laser beam to give larger changes in a second. The effects are interpreted by a microscopic mechanism which includes the effects of power broadening as a contribution to ?⁽³⁾ to explain its large value of ~ 10^-2 esu. © 1979.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-104
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	31
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Oct 1979

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