OPTICAL SWITCHING AND OPTICAL LOGIC IN A THERMALLY EXPANDING SI ETALON

被引：3

作者：

FENG, ST

IRENE, EA

机构：

[1] Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 58卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.105014

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

Optical switching in a thermally expanding Si etalon has been demonstrated. In this experiment a pulsed CO2 laser beam is used to heat a Si etalon and shift the interference fringe of a 1.5-mu-m probe beam. It is shown that the switching time can be greatly reduced from ms to mu-s by choosing a probe beam of shorter wavelength in an external switching configuration. By aligning one etalon at switch-on and another at switch-off, we have demonstrated a write and erase logic system.

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页码：2073 / 2075

页数：3