Multistability in Optical Waveguide Arrays Containing Negative Index of Refraction Materials

Ildar Gabitov
Department of Mathematics
University of Arizona

As a result of advances in a small-scale technology, new materials with the unusual property of negative refractive index were recently fabricated. I will discuss the nonlinear properties of such materials. In particular, I will consider the effect of multistability of light propagation in coupled waveguides based on such materials.