Accession Number:

ADP007417

Title:

Optical Bistable Arrays: Prospects for Ultimate Performances,

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CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS BAGNEUX (FRANCE) LAB DE BAGNE UX

Report Date:

1992-05-22

Abstract:

A theoretical analysis of the optimum operating characteristics of a GaAsGaAlAs non linear Fabry-Perot etalon is presented. Both the impedance matching conditions between the front and back mirror reflectivities and the obtention of a minimum critical threshold intensity are merged into a simple relation involving the cavity parameters and the active layer material characteristics. Submilliwatt threshold powers are predicted by this optimization. A further reduction by more than one order of magnitude is expected when extending the optimization to laterally restricted microresonators which leads also to an optimum pixel size.

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This article is from 'OSA Proceedings of the International Topical Meeting on Photonic Switching Held in Salt Lake City, Utah on 6-8 March 1992. Volume 8,' AD-A253 026, p239 thru p243.

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