Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2011, 13(11):61-66 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2011.2A.61-66

Numerical Studies of Optical Bistability of Absorptive Type

Eliska Jurisova1, Jarmila Mullerova1
1 Department of Engineering Fundamentals, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zilina, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia

Theoretical analysis is presented to search for the purely absorptive optical bistability in a Fabry-Perot cavity filled with a saturable absorber. A simple model of singlet absorption is used on numerically solving the relationships between the input and output light fields. The proposed model corresponds well to organic compounds considered as novel optical materials with third-order optical nonlinearities. The effects of saturable absorber parameters on the output light characteristics are studied and purely absorptive optical bistabilities are shown numerically to search for bistable behaviour. The simulated results are indications for promising applications in optical switches for all-optical communication networks.

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Jurisova, E., & Mullerova, J. (2011). Numerical Studies of Optical Bistability of Absorptive Type. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 13(2A), 61-66. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2011.2A.61-66
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