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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313912
