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Modulational instability of coupled nonlinear field equations for pulse propagation in a negative index material embedded into a Kerr medium

Classical Physics 2015-05-19 v2 Optics

Abstract

We have investigated the modulational instability (MI) in a negative index media (NIM) using a new generalized model describing the pulse propagation in a negative index material embedded into a Kerr medium. We have found that one could control the gain of MI in a NIM by tuning the initial electric or magnetic field amplitudes . Our model successfully recovers previously proposed models to describe pulse propagation in NIMs exhibiting Kerr nonlinearity. Moreover it contains a few additional terms connecting both the electric and magnetic field envelopes in a NIM.

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@article{arxiv.1006.1876,
  title  = {Modulational instability of coupled nonlinear field equations for pulse propagation in a negative index material embedded into a Kerr medium},
  author = {Amarendra K. Sarma and Manirupa Saha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1876},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages