DocumentCode
3025771
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
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
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453671
Filename
4453671
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