OPTICAL BISTABILITY OF A PRISM-COUPLED NONLINEAR SLAB WAVE GUIDE

Authors

  • S. Takács

Abstract

We describe the bistable behaviour of a prism-coupled nonlinear double-boundary slab waveguide. We show that the bistable light reflection is possible in the system when the mismatch from the condition of the optimal waveguide excitation is adequately chosen. A system based on this configuration is proposed to achieve a high-contrast bistable switch.

Keywords:

nonlinear optical waveguide, optical bistability, prism-coupling

How to Cite

Takács, S. “OPTICAL BISTABILITY OF A PRISM-COUPLED NONLINEAR SLAB WAVE GUIDE ”, Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering, 38(1), pp. 65–70, 1994.

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1994)

Section

Articles