Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability

Effect of an optical negative index thin film on optical bistability.

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...

Optical bistability in a nonlinear optical coupler with a negative index channel.

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.

Optical negative-index metamaterials

Refractive index dispersion and analysis of the optical constants of an ionomer thin film

The basic optical properties and optical constants of the ionomer thin film have been investigated by means of transmittance and reflectance spectra. The real (n) and imaginary (k) parts of the complex refractive index and dielectric constant of the thin film were determined. The oscillator energy Eo, dispersion energy Ed and other parameters have been determined by the Wemple– DiDomenico metho...

Ab–initio study of the electronic and optical traits of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 nanostructured thin film

The electronic, and optical properties of rhombohedral Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3nanostructured thin film have been studied by the first–principle approach. Densityfunctional theory (DFT) has been employed to calculate the fundamental properties ofthe layers using full–potential linearized augmented plane–wave (FPLAPW) method. A2×2×1 supercell was constructed with two vacuum slabs o...