CW optical bistability in nonabsorbing liquids and liquid-crystals using hene and diode-lasers

Ashley Lloyd

doi:10.1016/0030-4018(87)90078-2

CW optical bistability in nonabsorbing liquids and liquid-crystals using hene and diode-lasers

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We report the first demonstrations of cw submilliwatt optical bistability in metallic mirror cavities containing water, alcohol and other solvents. Such thermal bistability is also reported for a hybrid dielectric/metallic cavity containing the nematic liquid crystal 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (also known as PCB, 5CB or K15), illuminated by a low power diode laser.

Original language	English
Article number	5
Pages (from-to)	339-344
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	61
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4018(87)90078-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 1987

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CW optical bistability in nonabsorbing liquids and liquid-crystals using hene and diode-lasers

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