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Optical bistability in periodic nonlinear structures containing left handed materials
Author(s) -
Hegde Ravi S.,
Winful Herbert G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.21037
Subject(s) - bistability , nonlinear system , microwave , optical bistability , optics , refractive index , transmission (telecommunications) , materials science , nonlinear optics , physics , condensed matter physics , optoelectronics , telecommunications , engineering , quantum mechanics
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