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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431448
