Optical Bistability In Titanium-Diffused Lithium Niobate Optical Waveguides With Liquid Crystalline Nonlinear Prism Coupler

Observation of the intrinsic optical bistability in a titanium-diffused lithium niobate optical waveguide with liquid crystalline nonlinear prism coupling is reported and a comparison with the optical bistable effect in a glass thin-film waveguide is also presented.