Optical limiting and intensity-dependent diffraction from low-contrast nonlinear periodic media: Coupled-mode analysis

Jamin L. Sheriff, Irene A. Goldthorpe, Edward H. Sargent

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Abstract

The method of multiple scales is used to develop a procedure for obtaining coupled-mode equations in low-contrast nonlinear photonic crystals periodic in one, two, or three dimensions. Coupled-mode equations for three coupled modes in a two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal lattice are obtained in this way and solved numerically. We show that 2D low-contrast nonlinear photonic crystals support optical limiting and intensity-dependent diffraction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Volume70
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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