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Phys. Rev. B 62, R7683–R7686 (2000)

Optical bistability in finite-size nonlinear bidimensional photonic crystals doped by a microcavity

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E. Centeno and D. Felbacq
LASMEA UMR-CNRS 6602, Complexe des Cézeaux, 63177 Aubière Cedex, France

Received 10 July 2000; published in the issue dated 15 September 2000

We numerically demonstrate the existence of optical bistability in a finite-size nonlinear bidimensional photonic crystal doped by a microcavity. The numerical results are obtained by a rigorous theory of diffraction. We provide a theoretical model allowing to predict and explain the bistability phenomena from the resonances of the structure.

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R7683
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R7683
PACS:
42.65.Pc, 42.25.Fx, 42.70.Qs