2004/05/09 by Ravi S. Hegde, Hegde, Ravi S., Herbert G. Winful +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics) #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0405040
3 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2004/05/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We study the transmission properties of a nonlinear periodic structure containing alternating slabs of a nonlinear right handed material and a linear left handed material. We find that the transmission associated with the zero averaged- refractive- index gap exhibits a bistable characteristic that is relatively insensitive to incident angle. This is in contrast to the nonlinear behavior of the usual Bragg gap