• DocumentCode
    500046
  • Title

    Wave tunneling and hysteresis in nonlinear junctions

  • Author

    Wan, Wenjie ; Muenzel, Stefan ; Fleischer, Jason W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We consider, theoretically and experimentally, the tunneling of a plane wave through a refractive index barrier in a self-defocusing medium. We demonstrate nonlinear modifications to the transmission rate and observe distinctive, kinetic-energy-dependent hysteresis effects.
  • Keywords
    hysteresis; refractive index; self-focusing; tunnelling; hysteresis; kinetic energy; nonlinear junctions; refractive index; self-defocusing; transmission rate; tunneling; wave tunneling; Hysteresis; Tunneling; (190,1450) Bistability; (240,7040) Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225425