Bright and dark gap solitons in a negative index Fabry-Perot etalon

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作者：

D'Aguanno, G

Mattiucci, N

Scalora, M

Bloemer, MJ

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[1] Time Domain Corp, Huntsville, AL 35806 USA

[2] USA, Aviat & Missile Command, Ctr Res Dev & Engn, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 USA

[3] Univ RomaTre, Dipartimento Fis E Amaldi, I-00146 Rome, Italy

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 93卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.213902

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We predict the existence of bright and dark gap solitons in a single slab of negative index material. The formation of gap solitons is made possible by the exceptional interplay between the linear dispersive properties of the negative index etalon and the effect of a cubic nonlinearity.

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