Abstract

The question of proper boundary conditions at the surface of a nonlinear medium is discussed. It is shown that the nonlinearity of the boundary conditions could have a significant effect for large fields. Thus the nonlinear boundary conditions significantly affect the transmission behavior near the upper bistability threshold.

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