Abstract
We study theoretically the transmission of radiation through superlattices of finite length, where the dielectric constant of one film in each unit cell contains a term linear in the local field intensity. When such a system is illuminated with radiation with frequency in a stop gap, increasing power can switch it from a state with low transmissivity to a state with transmissivity of unity. Gap solitons play a key role in the phenomenon.
Keywords
SuperlatticePhysicsDielectricNonlinear systemCondensed matter physicsNonlinear opticsRadiationOpticsElectric fieldQuantum mechanics
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- 1987
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- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 160-163
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Wei Chen,
D. L. Mills
(1987).
Gap solitons and the nonlinear optical response of superlattices.
Physical Review Letters
, 58
(2)
, 160-163.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.58.160
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.58.160