Tunable slow- and fast-light devices based on molecular-aggregate nanofilms

We study the tunability of nanofilms composed of linear molecular aggregates for slow- and fast-light performance. In order to describe a wide range of intensity field regimes, we consider a two-exciton model for the molecular aggregate where exciton creation or annihilation may occur. Our simulatio...

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Autores: Díaz García, Elena, Villas, A., Cabrera Granado, Eduardo, Calderon, O. G.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/12931
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12931
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Mirrorless optical bistability
Superradiant emission
Built-up
Pseudoisocyanine
Propagation
Fabrication
Reflection
Dynamics
Exciton
Films
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:We study the tunability of nanofilms composed of linear molecular aggregates for slow- and fast-light performance. In order to describe a wide range of intensity field regimes, we consider a two-exciton model for the molecular aggregate where exciton creation or annihilation may occur. Our simulations show fractional delays and advancements of the order of those found in longer propagating media. This nanometric device presents two functionalities: (i) it allows the existence of slow or fast light in a different bandwidth of pulsed signals and (ii) such dual performance can be tuned by a small perturbation of the input signal amplitude for a fixed pulse temporal width. Both effects are tested under the usual presence of disorder in these molecular systems. This study concludes that a molecular-aggregate nanofilm presents a wide control of group velocity in the GHz and THz bandwidths.