c World Scientic Publishing Company OPTICAL AMPLITUDE AND PHASE EVOLUTION IN NONLINEAR MAGNETO-OPTICAL BRAGG GRATINGS

We present a theory on stratied nonlinear magneto-photonic crystals, with arbitrary spatial distribution of the refractive index and magneto-optical coecients. The coupled mode theory is formulated for plane waves inside the crystal, and a perturbation series of integral solutions for the spectral response of the crystal is presented. Material issues and congurations are discussed, and the described theory is applied to the calculation of transmission spectra of binary magneto-photonic crystals