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Bistability suppression and low threshold switching using frozen light at a degenerate band edge waveguide

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2012

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Gutman, Nadav
Sukhorukov, Andrey
Eilenberger, Falk
de Sterke, C. Martijn

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Optical Society of America

Abstract

We predict that nonlinear waveguides which support frozen light associated with a degenerate photonic band edge, where the dispersion relation is locally quartic, exhibit a tunable, all-optical switching response. The thresholds for switching are orders-of-magnitude lower than at regular band edges. By adjusting the input condition, bistability can be eliminated, preventing switching hysteresis.

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Keywords: All-optical switching; Band-edge waveguides; Dispersion relations; Frozen light; Low thresholds; Nonlinear waveguides; Orders-of-magnitude; Photonic band edge; Regular bands; Optical constants; Optics; Waveguides; article; comparative study; computer aide

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/101169

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ANU Research Publications

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Optics Express

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10.1364/OE.20.027363

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