Abstract
We discuss the possibility of using a thin layer of inhomogeneously broadened resonant emitters as a multichannel all–optical switch. Switching time from the lower stable branch of the system's bistable characteristics to the upper one and vice versa, which determines the speed of operation of a bistable device, is studied.
Highlights
Bistability of an optical system is an extraordinary nonlinear effect, the essence of which is that the system has two stable states of transmission at the same value of the external field [1]
We model the optical response of a thin resonant slab (TRS) of thickness L with inhomogeneously broadened two-level emitters of density N0
For such systems, the local field correction (LFC) to the field acting on an emitter is of importance [2,3]
Summary
Bistability of an optical system is an extraordinary nonlinear effect, the essence of which is that the system has two stable states of transmission at the same value of the external field [1]. We model the optical response of a thin resonant slab (TRS) of thickness L with inhomogeneously broadened two-level emitters of density N0. For such systems, the local field correction (LFC) to the field acting on an emitter is of importance [2,3].
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