Optical bistability and related devices

Abraham, E.; Smith, S. D.

doi:10.1088/0034-4885/45/8/001

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“…The steady state may thus exhibit spatial modulations, possibly coupled to temporal waves to produce reaction waves and fronts. For example, there is an extensive literature on catalytic surface reactions with temporal and spatial oscillations, including CO oxidation on Pt-group metals [8][9][10], NO-CO reactions on Pt and Pd [11][12][13], and oxidation of Ha on Pt [14,15].…”

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Monte Carlo simulations of surface reactions

Nieminen

Jansen

1997

Applied Catalysis A: General

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Monte Carlo simulations of surface reactions

Nieminen

Jansen

1997

Applied Catalysis A: General

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“…Therefore, Eq. (4) has three different real roots within a window of detunings 1 2 . The absolute bistability threshold occurs when the window shrinks to a point, i.e., when a degenerate root 1 = 2 of Eq.…”

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Condition for resonant optical bistability

Малышев

2012

Phys. Rev. A

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We address a two-level system in an environment interacting with an electromagnetic field in the dipole approximation. The resonant optical bistability induced by local-field effects is studied by considering the relationship between the population difference and the excitation field. The diversity of various systems is included by accounting for system self-action via the surface part of Green's dyadic in the general form. The bistability condition and the exact solution of the steady-state optical Bloch equations at the absolute bistability threshold are derived analytically. Because of its underlying nature and possible applications in the field of all-optical processing, optical bistability (OB) has been a subject of intense experimental and theoretical research . In early studies the use of a saturable absorber to induce OB was suggested [3][4][5][6][7]. The phenomenon was demonstrated experimentally for a cell of sodium vapor enclosed in a Fabry Perot interferometer and excited by a cw dyelaser [8]. Later it was conjectured that local-field corrections alone could give rise to mirrorless OB [9]. This type of bistability was extensively studied [10][11][12][13][14] and observed experimentally [15].The practical interest in all-optical devices faded to some extent as their solid-state counterparts proved to perform better in terms of switching speed and device density. However, OB and optical hysteresis remain of considerable interest from the fundamental standpoint as a clear manifestation of a nonlinear light-matter interaction. Some new types of bistability mechanisms have been discussed recently [16][17][18][19]. Besides, the question of OB and hysteresis has received renewed attention in connection with novel hybrid zero-dimensional (0D) nanoscopic systems, e.g., artificial molecules comprising a semiconductor quantum dot (SQD) and metal nanoparticles (see and references therein).In this paper we address only mirrorless OB induced by local-field effects on a two-level system (TLS) interacting with an electromagnetic field in the dipole approximation. The local-field correction leads to a self-action of the system, which results in a nonlinear relation between the applied field and the one acting on the system. This type of OB mechanism can be relevant for a large variety of systems: dense 3D assemblies of two-level atoms [9,14], optically dense thin films of TLS [24,25] and films of linear molecular aggregates [26][27][28], hybrid metal-semiconductor systems [20][21][22][23], and a more general case of a TLS in an environment involving dielectric and conducting surfaces, such as a stratified medium, a microcavity, or a nanostructure.OB can occur within a range of internal system parameters and external-field intensities; identifying these ranges is therefore an important problem and its analytical solution is desirable. To the best of the author's knowledge, so far * on leave from A. F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia; a.malyshev@fis.ucm.es. it has been solved exactly ...

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“…It has a universal form typical for nonlinear resonators possessing optical bistability 107 . From Eq.…”

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Anderson localization in metamaterials and other complex media (Review Article)

Gredeskul

Kivshar

Asatryan

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Low Temperature Physics

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We review some recent (mostly ours) results on the Anderson localization of light and electron waves in complex disordered systems, including: (i) left-handed metamaterials, (ii) magneto-active optical structures, (iii) graphene superlattices, and (iv) nonlinear dielectric media. First, we demonstrate that left-handed metamaterials can significantly suppress localization of light and lead to an anomalously enhanced transmission. This suppression is essential at the long-wavelength limit in the case of normal incidence, at specific angles of oblique incidence (Brewster anomaly), and in the vicinity of the zero-ε or zero-µ frequencies for dispersive metamaterials. Remarkably, in disordered samples comprised of alternating normal and left-handed metamaterials, the reciprocal Lyapunov exponent and reciprocal transmittance increment can differ from each other. Second, we study magneto-active multilayered structures, which exhibit nonreciprocal localization of light depending on the direction of propagation and on the polarization. At resonant frequencies or realizations, such nonreciprocity results in effectively unidirectional transport of light. Third, we discuss the analogy between the wave propagation through multilayered samples with metamaterials and the charge transport in graphene, which enables a simple physical explanation of unusual conductive properties of disordered graphene superlatices. We predict disorder-induced resonances of the transmission coefficient at oblique incidence of the Dirac quasiparticles. Finally, we demonstrate that an interplay of nonlinearity and disorder in dielectric media can lead to bistability of individual localized states excited inside the medium at resonant frequencies. This results in nonreciprocity of the wave transmission and unidirectional transport of light.

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Optical bistability and related devices

Cited by 287 publications

References 210 publications

Monte Carlo simulations of surface reactions

Monte Carlo simulations of surface reactions

Condition for resonant optical bistability

Anderson localization in metamaterials and other complex media (Review Article)

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