Golubev, G. P. and Luchinsky, D. G. and Velikovich, A. L. and Liberman, M. A. (1987) Optical hysteresis and multistability in a double resonator system with an additional feedback. Optics Communications, 64 (2). pp. 181-185. ISSN 0030-4018
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An experimental and theoretical study of optical multistability in a double resonator system formed by a thin single crystal of GaSe and an air gap separating it from a dielectric mirror is reported. The system allows one to observe various types of optical hysteresis, bi-and multistability with microsecond switching time at room temperature and submilliwatt threshold of first switching. Five stable output states are reported for a given input. A nonmonotonic input/output characteristic of the double resonator system is used to demonstrate doubling of the incident laser modulation frequency as a new example of an all-optical signal processing.