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 Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
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 :
light propagation; multilayers; optical bistability; optical switches; permittivity; all-optical bistable switching; dielectric constant; high-transmission state; light propagation; low-transmission state; metal-dielectric multilayer structure; Dielectric constant; Nonhomogeneous media; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Silver; Slabs; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453671
