Negative diffraction pattern dynamics in nonlinear cavities with left-handed materials

Details Negative diffraction pattern dynamics in nonlinear cavities with left-handed materials Negative diffraction pattern dynamics in nonlinear cavities with left-handed materials

2010-03-02

arxiv.org/abs/1003.0584v2

Phys. Rev. A 74, 033822 (2006)

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

8 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033822

We study a ring cavity filled with a slab of a right-handed material and a slab of a left-handed material. Both layers are assumed to be nonlinear Kerr media. First, we derive a model for the propagation of light in a left-handed material. By constructing a mean-field model, we show that the sign of diffraction can be made either positive or negative in this resonator, depending on the thicknesses of the layers. Subsequently, we demonstrate that the dynamical behavior of the modulation instability is strongly affected by the sign of the diffraction coefficient. Finally, we study the dissipative structures in this resonator and reveal the predominance of a two-dimensional up-switching process over the formation of spatially periodic structures, leading to the truncation of the homogeneous hysteresis cycle.

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