Nonlinear Optical Fibre Resonators with Applications in Electrical Engineering and Computing

摘要: In 1969, Szoke et al. reported their first experiments on optical bistability [39] and Seidel filed his patent [29] a bistable circuit. Both hysteresis suggested applications. The two essential ingredients for are nonlinearity feedback. Bistability is phenomenon where given device can have possible output powers input power. 1976, Gibbs [10] demonstrated using sodium-filled Fabry-Perot interferometer. effect that dependent upon the history of system. There stable steady-states within region path followed whether power increasing or decreasing. Consider Fig. 3.1 , increased from zero follows route A, B, C. then decreased back down to C, D, giving counterclockwise region. For an power, x, say, there outputs depending This behavior be introduced through absorption process dispersion process. With saturable absorber could contained cavity [29].