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Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1135–1138 (1976)

Differential Gain and Bistability Using a Sodium-Filled Fabry-Perot Interferometer

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H. M. Gibbs*, S. L. McCall, and T. N. C. Venkatesan†
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

Received 9 February 1976; published in the issue dated 10 May 1976

Differential gain and large hysteresis have been seen in the transmission of a Fabry-Perot interferometer containing Na vapor irradiated by light from a cw dye laser. Non-linear dispersion, neglected in earlier work, dominates over nonlinear absorption in Na. The apparatus uses only optical inputs and outputs. Similar apparatus may be useful as an optical amplifier, memory element, clipper, and limiter.

© 1976 The American Physical Society

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*Present address: Wy 361, Philips Research Laboratory, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

†Resident visitor at Bell Laboratories from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11210.

 
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