Characteristic features of the steady-state transmission (reflection) by a thin semiconductor film in the exciton part of the spectrum

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 542-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
P I Khadzhi ◽  
D V Tkachenko ◽  
S L Gaivan
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Semiconductor Film ◽  
Thin Semiconductor ◽  
Thin Semiconductor Film ◽  
State Transmission ◽  
Characteristic Features

OPTICAL BISTABILITY AND TRANSVERSE INHOMOGENITIES IN DIFFUSIVE SYSTEMS WITH INDUCED ABSORPTION

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. BURAK ◽  
J. GROHS ◽  
H. IßLER ◽  
C. KLINGSHIRN
Keyword(s):  
Optical Bistability ◽  
Analytical Approximation ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Semiconductor Film ◽  
Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Conductivity Equation ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Slowing Down ◽  
Thin Semiconductor ◽  
Thin Semiconductor Film

In this contribution the systematic analysis of the steady-state absorptive optical bistability in a thin semiconductor film is given. The heat-conductivity equation with corresponding two-point boundary conditions is solved numerically and the analytical approximation of the switching intensity is given based on the theorem about lower bounds for critical parameters in nonlinear boundary-value problems. The influences of diffusion and of spatial inhomogenities of the excitation profiles in the sample on the input-output characteristic are analyzed in detail. The transverse nonuniformity of the system leads to a condition for the existence of bistability that differs significantly from the well known case of a spatially homogeneous excitation of the medium. The critical slowing down phenomenon is discussed analytically and compared to previous experimental results.

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