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The increasing absorption optical bistability in a bulk ZnSe sample with quite high absorption has been observed. Our experiments show that the bistability operates only in the front surface layer of sample and that the back layer of sample can be regarded as a linear absorber and heat sink.
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Xie, C., Gao, J., Lian, Y. et al. Increasing absorption optical bistability operating in the front surface layer of high absorption samples. Appl. Phys. B 51, 215–218 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405742
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