D.E. Pelinovsky, L. Brzozowski, and E.H. Sargent
Transmission regimes of periodic nonlinear optical structures
Phys. Rev. E 62, R4536-R4539 (2000)
Abstract:
We investigate the input--output transmission regimes of
optical structures
with periodic nonlinear index. By deriving an analytical
model from the
Maxwell equations, we analyze the physical processes
responsible for
multistable and stable behaviour. The threshold condition
that separates
multistable and stable transmission regimes is found
exactly within
the underlying model. We also derive analytical expressions
for the limiting
transmitted intensity in the stable regime and for the
transmittance in the
multistable regime in terms of optical wavelength and
material parameters.
Keywords:
PERIODIC OPTICAL MATERIALS, COUPLED-MODE EQUATIONS,
INPUT-OUTPUT TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS