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Tunable transmission and bistability in left-handed bandgap structures

Optics 2007-05-23 v2 Materials Science Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We study the defect-induced nonlinear transmission of a periodic structure created by alternating slabs of two materials with positive and negative refractive index. We demonstrate bistable switching and tunable nonlinear transmission in a novel type of bandgap that corresponds to the vanishing average refractive index, and compare the observed effects for two types of the bandgaps.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0401094,
  title  = {Tunable transmission and bistability in left-handed bandgap structures},
  author = {Michael W. Feise and Ilya V. Shadrivov and Yuri S. Kivshar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0401094},
  year   = {2007}
}

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3 pages, 5 figures; significant changes

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