• DocumentCode
    1106666
  • Title

    Experimental observation of optical bistability by excitation of a surface plasmon wave

  • Author

    Martinot, P. ; Koster, A. ; Laval, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Institut d́Electronique Fondamentale, Université Paris Sud, Orsay Cedex, France
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    8/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1140
  • Lastpage
    1143
  • Abstract
    Optical bistability has been observed with an original device using CW surface plasmon excitation by ATR through CS2, in which refractive index variations are thermally induced. A simple model describes the operation of this device.
  • Keywords
    Bistability, optical; Optical bistability; Plasmons; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Optical bistability; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Refractive index; Resonance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072797
  • Filename
    1072797