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Thermo-Optical Bistability in a Compact High-Q Cavity at a Wavelength of 1550 nm

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The bistability effect caused by radiation absorption in mirrors of a compact high-Q cavity at a wavelength of 1550 nm is studied. The effect leads to a hysteresis of the cavity transmission when scanning the radiation frequency in different directions. The dependence of the effect on the cavity supplied power is studied, and the experimental data are compared with simulation results. The effect under study can be used in the development of optical logical devices.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the group of Precision optics and vacuum technologies of the Troitsk Special Division of the Lebedev Physical Institute in the person of E.V. Filonov for sputtering of high-reflective coatings of mirrors.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-72-10166.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    G. A. Vishnyakova, D. S. Kryuchkov, K. S. Kudeyarov, E. O. Chiglintsev, N. O. Zhadnov, K. Yu. Khabarova & N. N. Kolachevsky

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow oblast, Russia

    T. A. Voronova

  3. Russian Quantum Center, Skolkovo, 121205, Moscow, Russia

    E. O. Chiglintsev, K. Yu. Khabarova & N. N. Kolachevsky

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Vishnyakova, G.A., Kryuchkov, D.S., Voronova, T.A. et al. Thermo-Optical Bistability in a Compact High-Q Cavity at a Wavelength of 1550 nm. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 50, 385–390 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335623090075

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