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
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