• DocumentCode
    2789333
  • Title

    All-optical bistable switching in a metal-dielectric multilayer structure due to intensity-dependent sign of the effective dielectric constant

  • Author

    Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Str. 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We numerically study light propagation through a nonlinear metal-dielectric multilayer structure, and predict all-optical bistable switching due to change of the effective dielectric constant from negative (low-transmission state) to positive (high-transmission state) values.
  • Keywords
    Dielectric constant; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Silver; Slabs; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431448
  • Filename
    4431448
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2789333