Studies of Bistable Optical Devices.
Abstract
This report outlines the results of a three-and-a-half year research program in Optical Bistability and its applications for Optical Signal and Image processing. The results of the program are in four areas: (1) Study of image processing in the ultra-thin nonlinear Fabry-Perot, and demonstation (theoretically) that parallel processing of more than 1,000,000 bits in 10 to the -9th power seconds is feasible with current technology. This is an overall bit rate of 10 to the 15th power per second, using bistability in Insb; (2) Study of hybrid electro-optic bistable devices for array processing, and development of a concept to simultaneously process over 2500 parallel bits in a nanosecond, in a linear array; (3) Studies of bistability in new materials and new geometries. This includes saturable absorbers, InAs, distributed feedback and four-wave mixing; and (4) Studies of dynamic effects in optical bistability, including critical slowing down, pulse shaping, overshoot switching, alternate switching risetime detection, pulse detection, and self-oscillation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA117755
Entities
People
- Elsa Garmire
Organizations
- University of Southern California