Optical bistability in periodic nonlinear structures containing left handed materials

被引：20

作者：

Hegde, RS ^{[1
]}

Winful, HG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Michigan, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA

来源：

MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2005年 / 46卷 / 06期

关键词：

optical bistability; negative refraction; left-handed materials; metamaterials; periodic structures;

D O I：

10.1002/mop.21037

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

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. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

引用

页码：528 / 530

页数：3

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