Analytical model for the optical propagation in a nonlinear left-handed material

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5955, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Tassin, P ^a   Van Der Sande, G ^a   Veretennicoff, I ^a   Tlidi, M ^b   Kockaert, P ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Dispersion; Left handed materials; Multiple scale analysis; Negative index of refraction; Nonlinear schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

LEFT-HANDED MATERIALS; MULTIPLE SCALE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 32344443742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.623107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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