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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 15/10/1987 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Optics Communications |
Issue number | 2 |
Volume | 64 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Pages (from-to) | 181-185 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
An experimental and theoretical study of optical multistability in a double resonator system formed by a thin single crystal of GaSe and an air gap separating it from a dielectric mirror is reported. The system allows one to observe various types of optical hysteresis, bi-and multistability with microsecond switching time at room temperature and submilliwatt threshold of first switching. Five stable output states are reported for a given input. A nonmonotonic input/output characteristic of the double resonator system is used to demonstrate doubling of the incident laser modulation frequency as a new example of an all-optical signal processing.