Optical Properties of Nonlinear Periodic Structures
M.S. Malcuit and C.J. Herbert
Department of Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA
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The optical properties of nonlinear colloidal crystals in a distributed feedback configuration have been studied experimentally. Optical switching and bistability, optical limiting, and temporal instabilities have been observed in the transmission of these structures. The results of these experiments are compared to the theoretical predictions for the transmission properties of nonlinear periodic structures.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.86.127
PACS numbers: 42.65.Pc, 42.70.Nq