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We successfully investigate an optical bistability phenomenon in a layered structure consisting of Kretschmann configuration involving the Kerr-type nonlinear and the silver film. Pure theoretical approaches are employed to investigate that the surface plasmon could easily be coupled and both the reflection and transmission curves versus the incident intensity forms optical bistability. The transmission curves are greatly influenced by the thickness of the second silver film. These results may be useful for designing novel surface plasmon-based optical devices and will be essential for future classical and quantum information processes.
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Song, G., Zhang, K., Chen, Y. et al. Optical bistability based on surface plasmon coupled between two noble metal films involving Kerr materials. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 56, 680–684 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-013-5005-9
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