Fast optical switch and limiter using quantum size effect in metal grain
composites
    1.
    发明授权
    Fast optical switch and limiter using quantum size effect in metal grain composites 失效
    在金属颗粒复合材料中使用量子尺寸效应的快速光学开关和限幅器

    公开(公告)号:US5059003A

    公开(公告)日:1991-10-22

    申请号:US392866

    申请日:1989-08-07

    IPC分类号: G02F1/35 H01S3/00

    CPC分类号: H01S3/0064 G02F1/3523

    摘要: A block of composite material includes a dielectric material with a dielectric constant of .epsilon..sub.d =4.66 and which is at least 4 .mu.m thick and has electrically conductive microparticles randomly distributed throughout. The composite material exhibits an optical bistability without cavity feedback. The microparticles must be nearly uniform in size and of spherical diameter much smaller than the wavelength of light in the particle. The composite, when illuminated by laser light in the range of 500 nm and of varying intensity, becomes opaque at a critical input intensity and stays opaque until the input intensity reaches a certain level both below and above the intensity at which it initially became opaque. Thus the material behaves as an optical switch and a limiter.

    摘要翻译: 复合材料块包括介电常数ε= 4.66并且至少为4μm厚的电介质材料,并且具有随机分布的导电性微粒。 复合材料表现出没有空腔反馈的光学双稳态。 微粒的尺寸和球形直径几乎一致,远小于颗粒中的光的波长。 该复合材料在500nm范围内具有不同强度的激光照射时,在临界输入强度下变得不透明,并保持不透明,直到输入强度达到最初变为不透明度的强度以下的一定水平。 因此,该材料表现为光学开关和限制器。

    Composite logic gate element and multiplexer for optical computing and
optical communication
    2.
    发明授权
    Composite logic gate element and multiplexer for optical computing and optical communication 失效
    用于光学计算和光通信的复合逻辑门元件和多路复用器

    公开(公告)号:US4720175A

    公开(公告)日:1988-01-19

    申请号:US803360

    申请日:1985-12-02

    IPC分类号: G02F3/02 G02F1/17

    CPC分类号: G02F3/024

    摘要: An optically bistable, nonlinear optical device that produces an output that follows two hysteresis loops for an optical intensity variation input at a given frequency. One hysteresis loop follows a clockwise path of development, the other follows a counterclockwise path when the input field or optical intensity is ramped to a large value and returned again to a small value. These features of the device are effectively engineered by controlling the temperature of the input and output faces of the device, allowing optical logic gating and multiplex operation.

    摘要翻译: 一种光学双稳态非线性光学器件,其产生在给定频率处的光强度变化输入的两个滞后回路之后的输出。 一个磁滞回线遵循顺时针的显影路径,另一个跟随逆时针路径,当输入场或光强度斜升到一个较大的值并再次返回到一个小的值时。 通过控制器件的输入和输出面的温度,可以有效地设计器件的这些特性,从而允许光逻辑门控和多路复用操作。