Light-controlled electro-optic power limiter with a Bi12SiO20 crystal

Authors
Guo, JP Chang, TY McMichael, I Ma, J Hong, JH
Citation
Jp. Guo et al., Light-controlled electro-optic power limiter with a Bi12SiO20 crystal, OPTICS LETT, 24(14), 1999, pp. 981-983
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
981 - 983
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990715)24:14<981:LEPLWA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
An optical power limiter is a self-actuating nonlinear optical device that transmits low-intensity light and blocks high-intensity light. A light-cont rolled electro-optic power limiter that uses a Bi12SiO20 crystal has been d emonstrated. The threshold light intensity is determined by the control lig ht and can be set to any desired level. The response time of the light-cont rolled electro-optic power limiter is of the order of 1 ms. (C) 1999 Optica l Society of America OCIS codes: 230.2090, 230.4320, 160.2100, 160.5140, 20 0.4740, 130.0250.