In this paper we present a theoretical analysis on the effects of increasing absorption and amplification of light in the semiconductor optical bistable system, though the results may be available to a class of excitonic OBS. The Heisenberg equations for the motion of excitons and lightfield modes are deduced. By theoretical analyzing and numerical computing, we study the conditions and characteristics of bistability and lasing. The results how that the system displays different bistabilities depending on the relative intensities of varied interactions, a novel hysteresis loop appears even in the lasing region, thought eh increasing absorption restricts the lasing effect.

Effects of increasing absorption and amplification in semiconductor optical bistable system

Optical Bistability from Increasing Absorption

Some results of probing to the common properties, including bistability, transient behavior, and instability of the excitonic optical nonlinear dynamic systems, such as interaction of light field with carrier in semiconductor, or anharmonic vibration of lattice in ionic crystal, are presented. Since the excitonic optical bistability (EOB) was found, it has garnered much attention for its advantage in properties and application prospects. Some models have been proposed for different kinds of OB. However, so far as we know, there has been relatively less concern given to the common dynamic characteristics of these systems, which are significant for applications. On the other hand, the instability of the EOB device certainly has the same importance, the study for which is not ample yet. In this paper we study the increasing absorptive OB, the behaviors of responding to inject signal, also the self-pulsing and chaotic phenomena in the excitonic OB systems.

Tingwan Wu

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Nonlinear dynamics and chaos of excitonic optical bistability system