Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 24 (1), P. 71-75 (2021).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo24.01.071
Optical bistability in reflection from multilayer metal-dielectric
structure with Kerr nonlinearity
International Center “Institute of Applied Optics”, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Abstract.
Both static and dynamic characteristics of light reflected from a specially
designed multilayer metal-dielectric structure with Kerr nonlinearity have been studied in
this work. Various regimes of nonlinear reflection from the structure have been
demonstrated, including bistable switching between low and high reflection states, which
occurs at low intensity of the incident light due to a significant enhancement in the optical
field in the nonlinear layer under conditions of total internal reflection. This nonlinear
structure has been proposed to use as an optically controlled intracavity laser modulator.
Keywords: multilayer metal-dielectric structure, optical bistability, laser modulator.
S.G. Ilchenko, R.A. Lymarenko, V.B. Taranenko
10G, Kudryavska str., 04053 Kyiv, Ukraine
E-mail: svitlana-ilchenko@ukr.net
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