title: Nonlinearity-induced resonances and optical multistability with coupled surface plasmons in a symmetric layered structure.
abstract: We present the exact numerical results for optical multistability with surface plasmons coupled through a dielectric slab with isotropic Kerr-type nonlinearity. We show the possibility of having multivalued output with both the long- and short-range modes and discuss the field profiles in the nonlinear medium. Moreover, we show the existence of nonlinearity-induced resonances in the structure that are missing in the linear theory.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Pande
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gupta