DocumentCode
3184881
Title
Surface polaritons of nonlinear left-handed materials
Author
Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Sukhorukov, A.A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S. ; Boardman, Allan D. ; Zharov, Alexander A.
Author_Institution
Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
55
Abstract
We reveal the essential properties of the nonlinear surface waves existing at the interface of a left-handed metamaterial, and also predict the existence of surface-polariton solitons having a vortex-type structure of the energy flow.
Keywords
optical materials; optical solitons; optical vortices; polaritons; energy flow; left-handed materials; left-handed metamaterial; nonlinear materials; nonlinear surface waves; surface polaritons; surface-polariton solitons; vortex-type structure; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic refraction; Electromagnetic scattering; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Microstructure; Physics; Surface waves; Tellurium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7733-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313912
Filename
1313912
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