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In the following, we consider structures made of a resonator filled with a nonlinear material. The resonator is made of a waveguide with a diffraction grating coupler which allows excitation of guided waves in the film. Then reflection (R), transmission (T) and absorption (A=1-R-T) coefficients of the resonator exhibit resonances near guided mode characteristics (λm, θm). If such a structure is filled with a nonlinear material, it can be used as a switch or a bistable device when it is excited close to resonance[1].
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Bertrand, F., Bermil, R.E., Paraire, N., Moresmau, N., Dansas, P. (1999). Nonlinear Effects in Bulk Semiconductor Waveguide Switches. In: Boardman, A.D., Pavlov, L., Tanev, S. (eds) Advanced Photonics with Second-Order Optically Nonlinear Processes. NATO Science Series, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0850-1_34
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