Optical bistable device

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1984-12-05

1987-12-15

Davie, James W.

Coherent light generators

Laser logic system

372 95, H01S 300

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047138181

ABSTRACT:
A method of operating and apparatus for an optical bistable device is disclosed in which an active laser medium is placed between two mirrors within an optical resonator and bistable switching is achieved by operating the active resonator across the transition borderline between the stable and unstable resonator regions. Several different embodiments are disclosed.

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patent: 3610731 (1971-10-01), Seidel
patent: 3813605 (1974-05-01), Szoke
Kortz, H. P. et al, "Stability and Beam Divergence of Multimode Lasers with Internal Variable Lenses", Dec. 1, 1981, vol. 20, No, 23, pp. 4124-4134 of Applied Optics.

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