Resonatorless optical bistability in a thin semiconductor film

S. L. Gaivan; P. I. Khadzhi

doi:10.1117/12.312792

2 July 1998 Resonatorless optical bistability in a thin semiconductor film

S. L. Gaivan, P. I. Khadzhi

Proceedings Volume 3405, ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312792
Event: ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics, 1997, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

A theoretical investigation is reported of steady-state nonlinear transmission of resonant laser radiation by a thin semiconductor film under the conditions of two-pulse generation of excitons and biexcitons. The equations of state are derived for the description of bistable behavior of the amplitudes of the transmitted pulses and of the quasiparticle concentration, depending on the parameters of the exciting fields. The criteria of existence of an optical bistability are determined.

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S. L. Gaivan and P. I. Khadzhi "Resonatorless optical bistability in a thin semiconductor film", Proc. SPIE 3405, ROMOPTO '97: Fifth Conference on Optics, (2 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312792

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