Abstract
Intrinsic optical bistability in the scattering and absorption of light from Rayleigh-particle-sized microparticles having an intensity-dependent refractive index is theoretically investigated. For particles near plasmon resonances optical switching also occurs by sweeping the frequency across the resonance at fixed incident intensity above a certain threshold. Several orders of magnitudes of reduction in the switching intensities are possible near sharp resonances, and an optical transistor mode with a very sizable differential gain can be achieved.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2461-2464 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics