Bistable switching using an optical Tamm cavity with a Kerr medium

作者：Zhang W L; Yu S F^*

来源：Optics Communications, 2010, 283(12): 2622-2626.

DOI：10.1016/j.optcom.2010.02.035

• Bistable switching
• Optical Tamm stare
• Kerr effect
• Surface plasmon polariton

All-optical bistable switching is proposed to realize by using an optical Tamm cavity in which a Kerr medium is sandwiched between a metal layer and a Bragg mirror. Results show that the excitation of clockwise and counterclockwise bistable switching under the control of external optical injection is due to the presence of optical Tamm states. In addition, the bistable characteristics of optical Tamm cavities are found to be sensitive to the polarization of external optical injection.

• 出版日期2010-6-15
• 单位南阳理工学院