Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We investigate nonlinear transmission in a layered structure consisting of a slab of positive index material with Kerr-type nonlinearity and a subwavelength layer of linear negative index material (NIM) sandwiched between semi-infinite linear dielectrics. We find that a thin layer of NIM leads to significant changes in the hysteresis width when the nonlinear slab is illuminated at an angle near that of total internal reflection. Unidirectional diodelike transmission with enhanced operational range is demonstrated. These results may be useful for NIMs characterization and for designing novel NIMs-based devices.

© 2006 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Deposited metamaterial thin film with negative refractive index and permeability in the visible regime

Yi-Jun Jen, Chih-Hui Chen, and Ching-Wei Yu
Opt. Lett. 36(6) 1014-1016 (2011)

Negative refractive index in optics of metal-dielectric composites

Alexander V. Kildishev, Wenshan Cai, Uday K. Chettiar, Hsiao-Kuan Yuan, Andrey K. Sarychev, Vladimir P. Drachev, and Vladimir M. Shalaev
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23(3) 423-433 (2006)

Resolution of negative-index slabs

Christian Hafner, Cui Xudong, and Rüdiger Vahldieck
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23(7) 1768-1778 (2006)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved