CA1085501A - Methods and devices for utilizing amplifying and bistable characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium - Google Patents

Methods and devices for utilizing amplifying and bistable characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium

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CA1085501A
CA1085501A CA287,563A CA287563A CA1085501A CA 1085501 A CA1085501 A CA 1085501A CA 287563 A CA287563 A CA 287563A CA 1085501 A CA1085501 A CA 1085501A
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cavity
dispersive
medium
light
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French (fr)
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Samuel L. Mccall, Jr.
Thirumalai N.C. Venkatesan
Hyatt M. Gibbs
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G02OPTICS
    • G02FOPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F3/00Optical logic elements; Optical bistable devices
    • G02F3/02Optical bistable devices
    • G02F3/024Optical bistable devices based on non-linear elements, e.g. non-linear Fabry-Perot cavity
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03GSPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS; MECHANICAL-POWER PRODUCING DEVICES OR MECHANISMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR OR USING ENERGY SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03G7/00Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
    • F03G7/06Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like
    • F03G7/061Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the actuating element
    • F03G7/0614Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for using expansion or contraction of bodies due to heating, cooling, moistening, drying or the like characterised by the actuating element using shape memory elements
    • F03G7/06143Wires

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
CA287,563A 1976-10-27 1977-09-27 Methods and devices for utilizing amplifying and bistable characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium Expired CA1085501A (en)

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US735,989 1976-10-27
US05/735,989 US4121167A (en) 1976-10-27 1976-10-27 Amplifying characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium

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US (1) US4121167A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5355137A (enExample)
BE (1) BE860044A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1085501A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2747228C2 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2369584A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1588028A (enExample)
IT (1) IT1091023B (enExample)
NL (1) NL7711740A (enExample)

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US4415512A (en) * 1979-07-20 1983-11-15 Torobin Leonard B Method and apparatus for producing hollow metal microspheres and microspheroids
US4518934A (en) * 1982-02-16 1985-05-21 At&T Bell Laboratories Optical bistable device
EP0171192A1 (en) * 1984-07-11 1986-02-12 Hitachi, Ltd. Optical bistable device
US4887884A (en) * 1989-02-23 1989-12-19 Unisys Corporation Capillary non-linear optical waveguide device
US7511808B2 (en) * 2006-04-27 2009-03-31 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Analyte stages including tunable resonant cavities and Raman signal-enhancing structures

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US3610731A (en) * 1969-05-19 1971-10-05 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Bistable optical circuit using saturable absorber within a resonant cavity
US3813605A (en) * 1970-11-30 1974-05-28 Massachusetts Inst Technology Bistable optical device
US4012699A (en) * 1975-03-28 1977-03-15 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Amplifying characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium

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JPS5355137A (en) 1978-05-19
IT1091023B (it) 1985-06-26
GB1588028A (en) 1981-04-15
DE2747228A1 (de) 1978-05-11
BE860044A (fr) 1978-02-15
FR2369584B1 (enExample) 1983-10-14
US4121167A (en) 1978-10-17
NL7711740A (nl) 1978-05-02
DE2747228C2 (de) 1986-04-17
FR2369584A1 (fr) 1978-05-26

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