Optical bistability in a nonlinear optical coupler with a negative index channel

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作者：
Litchinitser, Natalia M.
Gabitov, Ildar R.
Maimistov, Andrei I.
机构：
[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Arizona, Dept Mech, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
[3] Moscow Engn Phys Inst, Dept Solid State Phys, Moscow 115409, Russia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2007年 / 99卷 / 11期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.113902
中图分类号：
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号：
0702 ;
摘要：
We discuss a novel kind of nonlinear coupler with one channel filled with a negative index metamaterial. The opposite directionality of the phase velocity and the energy flow in the negative index metamaterial channel facilitates an effective feedback mechanism that leads to optical bistability and gap soliton formation.
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