title: Bistability suppression and low threshold switching using frozen light at a degenerate band edge waveguide.
abstract: We predict that nonlinear waveguides which support frozen light associated with a degenerate photonic band edge, where the dispersion relation is locally quartic, exhibit a tunable, all-optical switching response. The thresholds for switching are orders-of-magnitude lower than at regular band edges. By adjusting the input condition, bistability can be eliminated, preventing switching hysteresis.
authors.affiliation: IPOS and CUDOS, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Nadav
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gutman
authors.forename: Andrey A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sukhorukov
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eilenberger
authors.forename: C Martijn
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Sterke
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003460:Crystallization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D008027:Light; D017785:Photons; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation