Low-temperature optical bistability and multistability in superconducting photonic multilayers with graphene

Hao Ni; Guopeng Zhou; Siliu Xu; Fanghua Liu; Miaomiao Zhao; Shanrong Duan; Dong Zhao

Results in Physics (Sep 2023)

Low-temperature optical bistability and multistability in superconducting photonic multilayers with graphene

Hao Ni,
Guopeng Zhou,
Siliu Xu,
Fanghua Liu,
Miaomiao Zhao,
Shanrong Duan,
Dong Zhao

Affiliations

Hao Ni: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China
Guopeng Zhou: Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Engineering Technology Institute, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China
Siliu Xu: Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China
Fanghua Liu: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China
Miaomiao Zhao: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Corresponding authors at: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China (M. Zhao).
Shanrong Duan: Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Corresponding authors at: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China (M. Zhao).
Dong Zhao: School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Intelligent Control, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 52
p. 106867

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Optical bistability and multistability are numerically investigated based on periodic superconducting photonic multilayers with graphene in cryogenic environments. Bandgap edge resonances are sensitive to circumstance temperature and can localize the electric field greatly, which is utilized to enhance the nonlinearity of graphene. Consequently, low threshold optical bistability and double-bistability are realized. Optical multistability subsequently arises by increasing the value of circumstance temperature as well. The thresholds of bistability and multistability lower further by decreasing the chemical potential of graphene or promoting the period number of photonic multilayers. The thresholds can be decreased as low as several hundred MW/cm2. The complex structure has a great potential for the development of two- and multiple-valued all-optical switches in low-temperature condition.

Published in Results in Physics

ISSN: 2211-3797 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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