Continuous-wave laser-pumped optical bistability in thermally deposited and molecular-beam-grown znse interference filters

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Author(s)

  • B. S. Wherrett
  • E. Van Stryland
  • B. T. McGuckin
  • D. Hutchings
  • J. G H Mathew
  • A. Miller
  • K. Lewis

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1535-1539
Journal / PublicationJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume3
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1986
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

We observe and compare conditions for cw optical bistability in both thermal-vacuum-deposited and molecular-beam grown ZnSe-based interference filters, at He-Ne-laser (633-nm), Kr (647-nm), and Ar-ion (514-nm) wavelengths. Bistability is observed at 514 and 647 nm and, by inference, should be observable at a number of intervening wavelengths for a single molecular-beam-grown sample. From our theoretical analysis we also demonstrate that observed drift instabilities in filter nonlinear responses correlate with the highest internal irradiance levels. © 1986 Optical Society of America.

Citation Format(s)

Continuous-wave laser-pumped optical bistability in thermally deposited and molecular-beam-grown znse interference filters. / Chow, Y. T.; Wherrett, B. S.; Van Stryland, E. et al.
In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, Vol. 3, No. 11, 11.1986, p. 1535-1539.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review