Optical bistability of planar metal/dielectric nonlinear nanostructures

• Autorzy: Noskov R. E. , Zharov A. A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

We study theoretically a nonlinear response of the planar metal/dielectric nanostructures constituted from periodical array of ultra thin silver layers and the layers of Kerr-like nonlinear dielectric. We predict hysteresis-type dependences of the components of the tensor of effective dielectric permittivity on the field intensity allowing the change in material transmission properties from transparent to opaque and back at extremely low intensities of the light. It makes possible to control the light by light in all-optical nanoscale devices and circuits.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nonlinear metal/dielectric nanostructures; quasi-static resonance; tensor of effective dielectric permittivity; optical bistability

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2006
• Tom: Vol. 14, No. 3
• Strony: 217--223
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Noskov R. E.

autor

Zharov A. A.

• Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia,

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