We have numerically studied the optical bistability in guided-mode resonance-assisted nonlinear grating nanostructure. A low-index slot is introduced to significantly improve the confinement of light in nonlinear material. In this way, the proposed novel configuration possesses low-threshold optical switching intensity (∼3 MW/cm), which is about 58 times lower than that of typical nonlinear grating nanostructure without the low-index slot. This bistability study provides an effective method to reduce the threshold of optical switching intensity and thus can be applied in optical logic, optical computation, and all-optical memory.
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