Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (9): 094206    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/9/094206
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Optical Nonlinearity of Subwavelength Metal-dielectric Gratings: Effects of Strong Anisotropy
KANG Xiu-Bao1, TIAN Tai-He2, WANG Zhi-Guo1**
1Department of Physics, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092
2Henan Polytechnical School of Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou 450008
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KANG Xiu-Bao, TIAN Tai-He, WANG Zhi-Guo 2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 094206
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Abstract The optical nonlinear properties of an effective anisotropic slab made of metal-dielectric lamellar gratings with a small grating-period-to-wavelength ratio Λ/λ→0 is studied. It is shown that when a transverse magnetic electromagnetic wave obliquely illuminates such a slab, whose effective normal permittivity is much smaller than its tangential one, the normal wave vector inside the effective medium is extremely sensitive to the fluctuation of the tangential effective permittivity. Based on this characteristic, obvious nonlinear modifications of the phase delay and step−like transmission are obtained by a moderate input intensity even if the thickness of the slab structure is only less than λ/6.
Keywords: 42.65.Pc      78.67.Pt     
Received: 26 December 2010      Published: 30 August 2011
PACS:  42.65.Pc (Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)  
  78.67.Pt (Multilayers; superlattices; photonic structures; metamaterials)  
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