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Band structure and reflectance for a nonlinear one-dimensional photonic crystal

Optics 2015-05-27 v1

Abstract

We consider a model for a one-dimensional photonic crystal formed by a succession of Kerr-type equidistant spaceless interfaces immersed in a linear medium. We calculate the band structure and reflectance of this structure as a function of the incident wave intensity, and find two main behaviors: the appearance of prohibited bands, and the separation and narrowing of these bands. A system with these features is obtained by alternating very thin slabs of a soft matter material with thicker solid films, which can be used to design a device to control light propagation for specific wavelength intervals and light intensities.

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@article{arxiv.1104.2311,
  title  = {Band structure and reflectance for a nonlinear one-dimensional photonic crystal},
  author = {Sergio Gutiérrez-López and Arnulfo Castellanos-Moreno and Adalberto Corella-Madueño and Rodrigo Rosas-Burgos and Juan Adrian Reyes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2311},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures