Optical bistability in subwavelength apertures containing nonlinear media
Materials Science
2016-08-31 v1
Abstract
We develop a self-consistent method to study the optical response of metallic gratings with nonlinear media embedded within their subwavelength slits. An optical Kerr nonlinearity is considered. Due to the large E-fields associated with the excitation of the transmission resonances appearing in this type of structures, moderate incoming fluxes result in drastic changes in the transmission spectra. Importantly, optical bistability is obtained for certain ranges of both flux and wavelength.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0404047,
title = {Optical bistability in subwavelength apertures containing nonlinear media},
author = {J. A. Porto and L. Martin-Moreno and F. J. Garcia-Vidal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0404047},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures