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Intrinsic Optical Bistability in a Single Quantum Well Embedded in a Planar Microcavity
Author(s) -
Chen Xin,
Xiao Mufei
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3951(199806)207:2<521::aid-pssb521>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - optical bistability , bistability , optical microcavity , planar , quantum well , physics , optoelectronics , field (mathematics) , quantum , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , optics , quantum mechanics , laser , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , computer graphics (images)
On the basis of a local‐field theory, the field including the third‐order nonlinearity in the quantum‐well microcavity structure is rigorously derived, and the expression of optical absorption is thus obtained. Then, intrinsic optical bistability arising from local‐field feedback in a square quantum well embedded in a planar microcavity has been studied. The influences of different parameters of the quantum well and microcavity on the optical bistability are discussed.