title: Low-power and broadband optical bistability by excitation of surface plasmons in doped polymer film.
abstract: The low-power and broadband optical bistability in an acceptor-donor-substituted azobenzene-doped polymethyl methacrylate thin film, which relies on the excitation of surface plasmons with a cw laser of several tens of milliwatt power, is studied experimentally and theoretically. The observations on the characteristics of the bistability are essentially consistent with the theoretical predictions.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fu