Optical bistability in a coupled fiber ring resonator system with nonlinear absorptive medium

被引:21
作者
Luo, LG
Chu, PL
机构
[1] Optical Communications Group, School of Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney
关键词
optical bistability; optical fiber resonator; nonlinear absorption;
D O I
10.1016/0030-4018(96)00133-2
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose and study a coupled fiber ring resonator system with nonlinear absorptive medium. By using the real parameters of the erbium-doped fibers, optical bistability is obtained, and can be controlled by the unsaturated absorption coefficient of the resonator, the coupling coefficient and the fraction loss of the coupler.
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页数:5
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