Nanoscale light-induced melting as a mechanism for broadband optical switching

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-76

  Fedotov, V A ^a   MacDonald, K F ^a   Stevens, G ^a   Zheludev, N I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband optical switching; Finite difference modelling; Light induced transition; Metal dielectric interface; Nanoscale melting; Optical nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SILICA; THERMOANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BROADBAND OPTICAL SWITCHING; LIGHT-INDUCED TRANSITIONS; METAL-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; NANOSCALE MELTINGS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITY;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 3242724155     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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