Nonlinear transmission properties of left-handed metamaterial slab

Author

Shadrivov, I.V. ; Zharov, Alcxander A. ; Zharova, Nina A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

Author_Institution

Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

fYear

2005

fDate

7-9 March 2005

Firstpage

410

Lastpage

413

Abstract

We analyze the nonlinear properties of microstructured materials which have a negative refractive index, the so-called left-handed metamaterials. We demonstrate that the hysteresis-type dependence of the magnetic permeability on the field intensity allows changing the material properties from left- to right-handed and back again. Using finite-difference time-domain simulations, we study the wave reflection from a slab of nonlinear left-handed material, and observe the propagation of temporal solitons in such materials.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave scattering; electromagnetic wave transmission; finite difference time-domain analysis; magnetic permeability; metamaterials; photonic crystals; refractive index; solitons; FDTD; left-handed metamaterial slab; magnetic permeability; metamaterial nonlinear transmission properties; microstructured materials; negative refractive index; periodic arrays; permeability field intensity dependence; photonic crystals; right-handed materials; split-ring resonator/wire lattice; temporal soliton propagation; wave reflection; wave scattering; Finite difference methods; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetic materials; Material properties; Metamaterials; Permeability; Refractive index; Slabs; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, 2005. IWAT 2005. IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8842-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2005.1461104

Filename

1461104