Calculating the high-frequency electrical conductivity of a thin semiconductor film for different specular reflection coefficients of its surface

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Kuznetsova ◽  
D. N. Romanov ◽  
O. V. Savenko ◽  
A. A. Yushkanov
1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. BURAK ◽  
J. GROHS ◽  
H. IßLER ◽  
C. KLINGSHIRN

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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