Two-peaked and flat-top perfect bright solitons in nonlinear metamaterials with epsilon near zero

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rizza, C ^a   Ciattoni, A ^a,b   Palange, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SPIN ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT SOLITONS; CRITICAL POINTS; EXACT SOLUTION; FLAT-TOP; LINEAR DIELECTRIC; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATIONS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; SELF-TRAPPING; STANDARD MATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 79961048074     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.053805     Document Type: Article

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