  We examine numerically the time-dependent properties of nonlinear bistable
multilayer structures for constant wave illumination. We find that our system
exhibits both steady-state and self-pulsing solutions. In the steady state
regime, we examine the dynamics of driving the system between different
transmission states by injecting pulses, and we find the optimal pulse
parameters. We repeat this work for the case of a linear periodic system with a
nonlinear impurity layer.
