Title :
Regimes of polarization bistability in 1D anisotropic photonic crystals with a nonlinear defect
Author :
Peeters, Michael ; Van der Sande, Guy ; Veretennicoff, Irina ; Danckaert, Jan
Author_Institution :
Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
This paper studies the effect of a Kerr-type nonlinear defect in an anisotropic photonic crystal and shows the resulting polarisation bistability as well as different regimes of operation.
Keywords :
anisotropic media; light polarisation; optical Kerr effect; optical bistability; photonic crystals; 1D photonic crystals; Kerr-type defect; anisotropic photonic crystals; nonlinear defect; polarization bistability; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Photonic crystals; Resonance; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567272
