Time Resolved Study Of A Bistable Silicon SEED Operating As A Logical AND-Gate

T. Brand; H. J. Eichler; B. Smandek

doi:10.1117/12.949979

8 March 1989 Time Resolved Study Of A Bistable Silicon SEED Operating As A Logical AND-Gate

T. Brand, H. J. Eichler, B. Smandek

Proceedings Volume 1017, Nonlinear Optical Materials; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949979
Event: 1988 International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1988, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

We determined switching times vs. excess power of a thermooptical bistable self-electro-optic effect device (SEED), operating as a logical AND gate. The transient behaviour is mainly determined by heat diffusion in the sample. Observed switching times are compared with a numerical solution of the heat diffusion equation. It is shown, that the frequently used relaxation-time-approximation, with its assumption of a constant relaxation time, is in good agreement with the experimental data only in the "ON-switching" mode of the SEED-element. For the "OFF-switching" of the device, the change of the shape of the transversal temperature profile has to be taken into account.

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T. Brand, H. J. Eichler, and B. Smandek "Time Resolved Study Of A Bistable Silicon SEED Operating As A Logical AND-Gate", Proc. SPIE 1017, Nonlinear Optical Materials, (8 March 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949979

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