Abstract
For isotropic and homogeneous nonlinear left-handed materials, for which the effective medium approximation is valid, Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields lead naturally, within the slowly varying envelope approximation, to a system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. This system is equivalent to the well-known Manakov model that under certain conditions, is completely integrable, and admits bright and dark soliton solutions. It is demonstrated that left- and right-handed (normal) nonlinear media may have compound dark and bright soliton solutions, respectively. These results are also supported by numerical calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 036614 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
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Coupled nonlinear Schrödinger field equations for electromagnetic wave propagation in nonlinear left-handed materials. / Lazarides, N.; Tsironis, G. P.
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N2 - For isotropic and homogeneous nonlinear left-handed materials, for which the effective medium approximation is valid, Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields lead naturally, within the slowly varying envelope approximation, to a system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. This system is equivalent to the well-known Manakov model that under certain conditions, is completely integrable, and admits bright and dark soliton solutions. It is demonstrated that left- and right-handed (normal) nonlinear media may have compound dark and bright soliton solutions, respectively. These results are also supported by numerical calculations.
AB - For isotropic and homogeneous nonlinear left-handed materials, for which the effective medium approximation is valid, Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields lead naturally, within the slowly varying envelope approximation, to a system of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. This system is equivalent to the well-known Manakov model that under certain conditions, is completely integrable, and admits bright and dark soliton solutions. It is demonstrated that left- and right-handed (normal) nonlinear media may have compound dark and bright soliton solutions, respectively. These results are also supported by numerical calculations.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.036614
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