Optical Bistability in Nonlinear Optical Coupler with Negative Index Channel
Optics
2009-11-13 v3
Abstract
We discuss a novel kind of nonlinear coupler with one channel filled with a negative index material (NIM). The opposite directionality of the phase velocity and the energy flow in the NIM channel facilitates an effective feedback mechanism that leads to optical bistability and gap soliton formation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0705.0361,
title = {Optical Bistability in Nonlinear Optical Coupler with Negative Index Channel},
author = {Natalia M. Litchinitser and Ildar R. Gabitov and Andrei I. Maimistov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0361},
year = {2009}
}