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Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of THz Metamaterial Absorbers
Published on: December 27, 2012
Higher-order effects and ultrashort solitons in left-handed metamaterials
N L Tsitsas1, N Rompotis, I Kourakis
1School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Zografos, Athens 15773, Greece.
Abstract:
Starting from Maxwell's equations, we use the reductive perturbation method to derive a second-order and a third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation, describing ultrashort solitons in nonlinear left-handed metamaterials. We find necessary conditions and derive exact bright and dark soliton solutions of these equations for the electric and magnetic field envelopes.
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