Optical bistability in periodic nonlinear structures containing left handed materials

Optical bistability in periodic nonlinear structures containing left handed materials

We study the transmission properties of a nonlinear periodic structure containing alternating slabs of a nonlinear right‐handed material and a linear left‐handed material. We find that the transmission associated with the zero‐averaged refractive‐index gap exhibits a bistable characteristic that is...

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Veröffentlicht in:Microwave and optical technology letters 2005-09, Vol.46 (6), p.528-530
Hauptverfasser: Hegde, Ravi S., Winful, Herbert G.
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Sprache:eng
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left-handed materials
metamaterials
negative refraction
optical bistability
periodic structures
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Zusammenfassung:We study the transmission properties of a nonlinear periodic structure containing alternating slabs of a nonlinear right‐handed material and a linear left‐handed material. We find that the transmission associated with the zero‐averaged refractive‐index gap exhibits a bistable characteristic that is relatively insensitive to incident angles. This is in contrast to the nonlinear behavior of the usual Bragg gap. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 46: 528–530, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21037
ISSN:0895-2477
1098-2760
DOI:10.1002/mop.21037