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Applied Optics

Low-power and broadband optical bistability by excitation of surface plasmons in doped polymer film

Zhanxiang Zhang, Hui‐Tian Wang, Peixian Ye, Yuquan Shen, Xingfa Fu

Published Aug 20, 1993• 10 citations
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Abstract

The low-power and broadband optical bistability in an acceptor-donor-substituted azobenzene-doped polymethyl methacrylate thin film, which relies on the excitation of surface plasmons with a cw laser of several tens of milliwatt power, is studied experimentally and theoretically. The observations on the characteristics of the bistability are essentially consistent with the theoretical predictions.

DOI
10.1364/ao.32.004495

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