中国物理B ›› 2005, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (8): 1571-1577.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/14/8/017

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Intrinsic optical bistability between left-handed material and nonlinear optical materials

时红艳1, 姜永远1, 孙秀冬1, 郭汝海1, 赵一平2   

  1. (1)Department of Applied Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China ; (2)Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia,Athens, GA 30602-2451, USA
  • 收稿日期:2004-10-14 修回日期:2005-03-15 出版日期:2005-07-13 发布日期:2005-07-13
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 90201003) and the Program of Science and Technology from Heilongjiang Province, China.

Intrinsic optical bistability between left-handed material and nonlinear optical materials

Shi Hong-Yan (时红艳)a, Jiang Yong-Yuan (姜永远)a, Sun Xiu-Dong (孙秀冬)a, Guo Ru-Hai (郭汝海)a, Zhao Yi-Ping (赵一平)b   

  1. a Department of Applied Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China ; b Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia,Athens, GA 30602-2451, USA
  • Received:2004-10-14 Revised:2005-03-15 Online:2005-07-13 Published:2005-07-13
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 90201003) and the Program of Science and Technology from Heilongjiang Province, China.

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摘要： The electromagnetic properties of the interface between a left-handed material and a conventional nonlinear material were investigated theoretically and numerically. We found a new phenomenon---optical bistability of the interface. It was shown that the incident intensity, incident angle and permeability ratio between the left-handed and the nonlinear materials could dramatically affect the optical bistable behaviour. We also compared the bistable behaviours of different electromagnetic modes. The results indicated that the TE mode was prior to the TM mode to obtain optical bistability for the same parameter.

Abstract: The electromagnetic properties of the interface between a left-handed material and a conventional nonlinear material were investigated theoretically and numerically. We found a new phenomenon---optical bistability of the interface. It was shown that the incident intensity, incident angle and permeability ratio between the left-handed and the nonlinear materials could dramatically affect the optical bistable behaviour. We also compared the bistable behaviours of different electromagnetic modes. The results indicated that the TE mode was prior to the TM mode to obtain optical bistability for the same parameter.

Key words: left-handed material, negative refraction, optical bistability

中图分类号:  (Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)

  • 42.65.Pc
42.70.Nq (Other nonlinear optical materials; photorefractive and semiconductor materials) 41.20.Jb (Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation)