Use of Fano resonances for bistable optical transfer through photonic crystal films

Virginie Lousse, Jean-Pol Vigneron

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Abstract

Bistable or multistable transmissions are classically the result of the introduction of nonlinear layers into a resonant Fabry-Perot cavity. A single inhomogeneous film, with a periodic lateral structure, can also give rise to a bistable transmission for significant intensity ranges, due to Fano resonances, a strong frequency-dependent transparency variation related to the transfer via guided modes. A self-consistent simulation tool which allows for the computation of multivalued transmission is developed and the peculiar shape of the hysteresis loops associated with Fano resonances is studied.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155106-1-11
JournalPhysical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume69
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

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