title: Optical limiting in a periodic materials with relaxational nonlinearity.
abstract: We numerically investigate counter-propagating beams in a one-dimensionally, periodic structure with non-instantaneous Kerr nonlinearity for the design of efficient optical limiters. The performance of the Photonic Band Gap optical limiter with different response times is compared with the instantaneous case. Dynamic range and the cutoff intensity can be improved over a range of relaxation times.
authors.affiliation: Electro-Optics Program, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Joseph W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Haus
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shahriar
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D055096:Optical Devices; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity