Optical bistability in thin slabs of nonlinear media

Y. B. Band

Lei Gao

V. Musinschi, Mihail Caraman

Yasabu Ayall

Y. B. Band

The method of invariant imbedding is used to obtain exact equations for reflection and transmission coefficients for a plane wave incident on a slab of nonlinear material. These equations are solved for thin slabs of InSb and clear bistability is obtained.

Iu S

A group of new equations about the field distribution and the dispersion relation as well as the propagation power is presented. The optical bistability is discussed for the nonlinear TE waves guided by a thin linear dielectric film bounded by nonlinear media.