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Observation of optical bistability by prism excitation of a nonlinear film-guided wave
Applied Optics
|June 10, 2010
Abstract:
The prism excitation of a film waveguide with an optically nonlinear substrate consisting of the nematic liquid crystal MBBA has been investigated experimentally. We observed bistable behavior with respect to the incident optical power and the coupling angle as well.

