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A proposal towards analytical implementation of optical bistability in a multilayered configuration comprising a ZnSe prism, 1-µm-thick PMMA-DR1 (Polymethylmethacrylate-Disperse red) as dielectric layer, nano-Ag: polymeric composite material as a Kerr polymer and a 15-nm thin film of silver which is sandwiched between the dielectric layer and the Kerr polymer at incident light wavelength of 1550 nm with a beam waist of 0.5 mm is presented at 25 °C temperature. Here, the nonlinear Kerr medium is having quadratic dependence on the long-range surface plasmon polariton mode resonance-enhanced local electric field amplitude. Through the larger nonlinear effect of the optimized design by employing high local field effect in the nonlinear regime, a low threshold optical bistability of about 1.6 MW/cm2 in the transmitted light intensity is achieved. The reported threshold is less compared to the previous efforts where the works were carried out with a wavelength other than the important telecommunication wavelength within the C-band. The design also provides tunability of bistable threshold by exploitation of Kerr effect-induced refractive index change through varying pump light intensity. The proposed system proffers potential applications in all-optical networks.
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Kar, A., Goswami, N., Saha, A. (2020). Long-Range Surface Plasmon Resonance-Induced Tunable Optical Bistability Using Silver Nano-layer at 1550 nm. In: Janyani, V., Singh, G., Tiwari, M., Ismail, T. (eds) Optical and Wireless Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 648. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2926-9_3
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