2012/01/23 by Roman E. Noskov, Pavel A. Belov, Yuri S. Kivshar · 21 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Bistability #Dissipative system #Laser #Materials science #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear optics #Nonlinear system #Optical bistability #Optics #Optoelectronics #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Physics #Plasmon #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #Plasmonic nanoparticles #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Surface plasmon #physics.optics
paper · pdf · open access · doi:10.1364/oe.20.002733
published in Optics Express 20(3), 2733 (Optica Publishing Group) · 6 pages, 5 figures, published in Opt. Express
openalex publication_date 2012/01/23 · arxiv created 2012/05/31 · arxiv updated 2012/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We analyze nonlinear effects in optically driven arrays of nonlinear metallic nanoparticles. We demonstrate that such plasmonic systems are characterized by a bistable response, and they can support the propagation of dissipative switching waves (or plasmonic kinks) connecting the states with different polarization. We study numerically the properties of such plasmonic kinks which are characterized by a subwavelength extent and a tunable velocity.