TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical bistability in a nonlinear optical coupler with a negative index channel
AU - Litchinitser, Natalia M.
AU - Gabitov, Ildar R.
AU - Maimistov, Andrei I.
PY - 2007/9/11
Y1 - 2007/9/11
N2 - We discuss a novel kind of nonlinear coupler with one channel filled with a negative index metamaterial. The opposite directionality of the phase velocity and the energy flow in the negative index metamaterial channel facilitates an effective feedback mechanism that leads to optical bistability and gap soliton formation.
AB - We discuss a novel kind of nonlinear coupler with one channel filled with a negative index metamaterial. The opposite directionality of the phase velocity and the energy flow in the negative index metamaterial channel facilitates an effective feedback mechanism that leads to optical bistability and gap soliton formation.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.113902
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.113902
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548790626
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 99
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 11
M1 - 113902
ER -