title: Bistability in buckled dome microcavities.
abstract: We describe optical bistability in monolithically integrated, curved-mirror Fabry-Perot microcavities. The cavities were fabricated by controlled formation of circular delamination buckles within sputtered Si/SiO(2) multilayers. The dominant source of the bistability is heating due to residual absorption in the mirror layers, which leads to out-of-plane deflection of the buckled mirror. Hysteresis occurs for submilliwatt input powers.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bitarafan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ramp
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: DeCorby