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Tunable transmission and bistability in left-handed bandgap structures

Michael W. Feise, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Yuri S. Kivshar

physics.opticsarXiv:physics/0401094

Abstract

We study the defect-induced nonlinear transmission of a periodic structure created by alternating slabs of two materials with positive and negative refractive index. We demonstrate bistable switching and tunable nonlinear transmission in a novel type of bandgap that corresponds to the vanishing average refractive index, and compare the observed effects for two types of the bandgaps.

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