• DocumentCode
    2079433
  • Title

    Spatial solitons in left-handed metamaterials

  • Author

    Shadrivov, Ilya V. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    21-21 May 2004
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    55
  • Abstract
    We predict that both bright and dark spatial solitons can exist in nonlinear left-handed composites with a hysteresis-like magnetic nonlinearity and demonstrate a number of unique properties of such solitons
  • Keywords
    composite materials; magnetic permeability; optical materials; optical solitons; refractive index; bright solitons; dark solitons; hysteresis-like magnetic nonlinearity; left-handed metamaterials; magnetic permeability; negative refraction; nonlinear left-handed composites; spatial solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-778-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1366638