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Increasing Absorption Bistability of CdS at Room Temperature

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In this paper, the authors investigated the switching behavior of two beams and the switching behaviour of optical bistability at room temperature due to lattice heating of CdS in a fully cw-regime.
Abstract
Visible-wavelength increasing absorption bistability at room temperature is shown due to lattice heating of CdS in a fully cw-regime. Cross talk of two beams and the switching behaviour of the bistable system are investigated. For the first time critical slowing down is demonstrated for this type of optical bistability. Quantitative theoretical investigations based on the heat flow equations yield an excellent agreement with the experimental data. Optische Bistabilitat infolge wachsender Absorption im sichtbaren Wellenlangenbereich bei Raumtemperatur durch eine Gittererwarmung von CdS in einem vollig stationaren Regime wird gezeigt. Das Ubersprechen zwischen zwei Lichtstrahlen und das Schaltverhalten des bistabilen Systems werden untersucht. Erstmalig wird „critical slowing down” fur diesen Typ optischer Bistabilitat demonstriert. Quantitative theoretische Untersuchungen, die von der Warmeleitungsgleichung ausgehen, ergeben eine ausgezeichnete Ubereinstimmung mit den experimentellen Ergebnissen.

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Optical bistability observed in amorphous semiconductor films

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Optical bistability and differential gain resulting from absorption increasing with excitation

TL;DR: In this article, an extended theoretical discussion of a novel general method of obtaining optical bistability is given, which uses absorption that increases as the material becomes more excited and requires no mirrors or other external feedback.
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Intrinsic absorptive optical bistability in CdS

TL;DR: In this article, an intrinsic absorptive optical bistability is observed in the transmission of high intensity, nanosecond laser pulses through thin CdS platelets at liquid helium temperature.