Vol. 46, Issue 4, pp. 541-551 (2016)

Abstract

We have investigated the optical switching in a dielectric slab with a novel configuration of solid-state medium. This new scheme combines the attractive features of all-optical switching in dielectric medium doped with asymmetric quantum well nanostructure with the ability to convert the optical bistability to multistability (or vice versa) by using the strength of Fano interference and the energy splitting effect. The dependence of optical bistability behavior on the intensity of the strong coupling field and the slab thickness is also given.