title: Optical bistability driven by the light-induced forces between metal nanoparticles.
abstract: A motion-induced optical bistability is shown for a metal nanoparticle dimer that is plasmon coupled and bound with dispersion (colloidal) forces. The effect does not require any material nonlinearity.
authors.affiliation: A.V. Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia. serge@isp.nsc.ru
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Perminov
authors.forename: Vladimir P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Drachev
authors.forename: Sergey G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rautian