IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

A Model for Optical Bistability in a Hybrid Semiconductor Photonic Crystal Structure

Sukanta Kumar Tripathy, T. Panigrahi, Mihir Hota

Published Mar 19, 2009• 3 citations

Abstract

A new model for optical bistability in a photonic crystal structure closed to a semiconductor is presented. It is found that increase in the strength of self-interaction can destroy this nonlinear phenomenon whereas a small variation of this interaction from low initial value can control the area of the bistable loop.

DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2009.2017733

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