Multistability at arbitrary low optical intensities in a metal-dielectric layered structure

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 283-288

  Ciattoni, A ^a,b   Rizza, C ^b   Palange, E ^b  

^a Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LAYERED STRUCTURES; LINEAR PERMITTIVITY; MULTISTABILITY; MULTISTABLE; NONLINEAR METALS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; SUBWAVELENGTH THICKNESS;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 78651352879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000283     Document Type: Article

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