TY - CONF TI - New laser-based bistability system for optical computing applications AU - Matzakos, P AU - Theofanous, N PY - 1998 SP - 209-211 PB - SPIE - INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING T2 - SECOND GR-I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW LASER TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS TODO - 10.1117/12.316583 TODO - optical bistability; birefringent; non-linear refractive indexes; Fabry-Perot cavity TODO - We have studied analytically the theoretical behaviour of a Fabry-Perot cavity using a birefringent non-linear material in a polarizer-sample-analyzer system (subjected to a laser beam with free direction of polarisation). The working parameter of our device is the direction of polarisation of the incident light. Principal results are presented. ER -