Title :
Influence of the optical nonlinearity on surface plasmon excitations in thin metal films
Author :
Khuong, P.D. ; Kihong Kim
Author_Institution :
Div. of Energy Syst. Res., Ajou Univ., Suwon
Abstract :
We study the influence of optical nonlinearity of dielectric layers on the surface plasmon excitation in metal-dielectric multilayer structures, for both focusing and defocusing nonlinearities. We find that the positions and the shapes of the reflectance dips are substantially changed and a strong bistability behavior is observed.
Keywords :
dielectric thin films; metallic thin films; multilayers; optical Kerr effect; reflectivity; surface plasmons; Kerr-type optical nonlinearity; Otto configuration; bistability; dielectric layers; metal-dielectric multilayer structures; p waves; reflectance; surface plasmon excitations; thin metal films; Dielectric substrates; Differential equations; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical bistability; Optical films; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391324
