Optical Bistability - IV
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-135-C2-136
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988231
NONLINEAR REFRACTION AND INCREASING ABSORPTION IN HgCdTe OPTICAL BISTABILITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE : AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
S. CECCHI, P.M. COPPO, P. SALIERI et F.T. ARECCHIIstituto Nazionale di Ottica, Largo E. Fermi, 6, I-50125 Firenze, Italy
Abstract
In room temperature Hg0.815Cd0.185Te samples, nonlinear absorption is observed to induce in trasmission, upon increasing in put intensity, a transition from anticlockwise to clockwise hysteresis loops.