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View SchemaGap solitons in metamaterials
| Authors | Stefano Longhi |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0611149 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611149 |
| DOI | 10.1080/17455030500053294 |
| Journal | S. Longhi, Waves in Random and Complex Media 15, 119-126 (2005) |
Abstract
Electromagnetic localization and existence of gap solitons in nonlinear metamaterials, which exhibit a stop band in their linear spectral response, is theoretically investigated. For a self-focusing Kerr nonlinearity, the equation for the electric field envelope with carrier frequency in the stop band - where the magnetic permeability $\mu(\omega)$ is positive and the dielectric permittivity $\epsilon(\omega)$ is negative - is described by a nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation with a dispersive nonlinear term. A family of standing and moving localized waves for both electric and magnetic fields is found, and the role played by the nonlinear dispersive term on solitary wave stability is discussed.
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