Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability

N. M. Litchinitser; I. R. Gabitov; A. I. Maimistov; V. M. Shalaev

doi:10.1364/OL.32.000151

Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability

N. M. Litchinitser, I. R. Gabitov, A. I. Maimistov, V. M. Shalaev

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We investigate nonlinear transmission in a layered structure consisting of a slab of positive index material with Kerr-type nonlinearity and a subwavelength layer of linear negative index material (NIM) sandwiched between semi-infinite linear dielectrics. We find that a thin layer of NIM leads to significant changes in the hysteresis width when the nonlinear slab is illuminated at an angle near that of total internal reflection. Unidirectional diodelike transmission with enhanced operational range is demonstrated. These results may be useful for NIMs characterization and for designing novel NIMs-based devices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	151-153
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000151
State	Published - Jan 15 2007

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