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Optical Nonlinearity and Fast Switching in PbSnTe Fabry‐Perot Etalon
Author(s) -
Paskov P. P.,
Pavlov L. I.,
Atanasov P. A.,
Kushev D. B.,
Zheleva N. N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221500260
Subject(s) - fabry–pérot interferometer , optical bistability , materials science , optoelectronics , laser , bistability , optics , nonlinear optical , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , physics , quantum mechanics , wavelength
Optical bistability is observed in a PbSnTe etalon at room temperature by two‐photon exitation with tunable TEA CO 2 laser. The experimental results are compared with a numerical model which also takes into account the heating of the sample.