Optical Bistability In Corrugaten Waveguides : Lowering Of The Threshold Intensity By The Use Of Resonant' Excitation Of Surface Waves

H. Aichouayri; P. Vincent; M. Neviere

doi:10.1117/12.967382

1 January 1987 Optical Bistability In Corrugaten Waveguides : Lowering Of The Threshold Intensity By The Use Of Resonant' Excitation Of Surface Waves

H. Aichouayri, P. Vincent, M. Neviere

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Proceedings Volume 0813, Optics and the Information Age; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967382
Event: 14th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, 1987, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

It has been previously established [1] on a theoretical basis that a grating ruled on a nonlinear (Kerr) material and lighted with a T.E. polarized plane wave can have a bistable behavior inside a convenient range of incident power and incidence angle. We establish here that a similar phenomenon occurs for T.M. polarization [2] for which delocalized surface plasmons can be resonantly excited. We study here the merits of both surface plasmon resonance and guided wave resonance inside a corrugated waveguide to increase the local field and thus, to decrease the threshold intensity necessary for bistable operation.

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H. Aichouayri, P. Vincent, and M. Neviere "Optical Bistability In Corrugaten Waveguides : Lowering Of The Threshold Intensity By The Use Of Resonant' Excitation Of Surface Waves", Proc. SPIE 0813, Optics and the Information Age, (1 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967382

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