Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences (Dec 2005)

Resonatorless optical bistability in transmission of thin semiconductor film

  • Hadji, Piotr,
  • Marcov, Dmitry,
  • Corovai, Alexandru

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 408 – 411

Abstract

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The optical bistability phenomenon in the steady-state light transmission by a thin semiconductor film is studied taking into account two-pulse two-photon excitation of biexcitons from the ground state of the crystal. It is shown that the transmission of one of the two pulses by the film is determined by the intensity of the second pulse. The criteria of existence of an optical bistability are established.