Theoretical models for ultrashort electromagnetic pulse propagation in nonlinear metamaterials

S Wen, Y Xiang, X Dai, Z Tang, W Su, D Fan - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2007 - APS
A metamaterial (MM) differs from an ordinary optical material mainly in that it has a
dispersive magnetic permeability and offers greatly enhanced design freedom to alter the …

Discrete breathers in nonlinear magnetic metamaterials

N Lazarides, M Eleftheriou, GP Tsironis - Physical review letters, 2006 - APS
Magnetic metamaterials composed of split-ring resonators or U-type elements may exhibit
discreteness effects in THz and optical frequencies due to weak coupling. We consider a …

Effect of microscopic disorder on magnetic properties of metamaterials

MV Gorkunov, SA Gredeskul, IV Shadrivov… - Physical Review E …, 2006 - APS
We analyze the effect of microscopic disorder on the macroscopic properties of composite
metamaterials and study how weak statistically independent fluctuations of the parameters …

Nonlinear optical effects in artificial materials

AI Maimistov, IR Gabitov - The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 2007 - Springer
We consider some nonlinear phenomena in metamaterials with negative refractive index
properties. Our consideration includes a survey of previously known results as well as …

RF superconducting quantum interference device metamaterials

N Lazarides, GP Tsironis - Applied Physics Letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A rf superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array in an alternating magnetic
field is investigated with respect to its effective magnetic permeability, within the effective …

Solitary electromagnetic wave propagation in the asymmetric oppositely directed coupler

EV Kazantseva, AI Maimistov, SS Ozhenko - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2009 - APS
We consider electromagnetic waves propagating in the system of coupled waveguides. One
of the system components is a standard waveguide fabricated from nonlinear material …

Slow waves in magnetic metamaterials: History, fundamentals and applications

E Shamonina - physica status solidi (b), 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic metamaterials consist of small metallic resonators of the split ring type.
Microscopic properties of these structures are governed by near field coupling between …

Surface breathers in discrete magnetic metamaterials

N Lazarides, GP Tsironis, YS Kivshar - … E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter …, 2008 - APS
We analyze the properties of discrete breathers excited near the edge of a one-dimensional
metamaterial created by a truncated array of nonlinear split-ring resonators. We study a …

Bulk and surface magnetoinductive breathers in binary metamaterials

MI Molina, N Lazarides, GP Tsironis - … E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter …, 2009 - APS
We investigate theoretically the existence of bulk and surface discrete breathers in a one-
dimensional magnetic metamaterial comprised of a periodic binary array of split-ring …

Surface waves at an interface of two metamaterial structures with interelement coupling

A Radkovskaya, E Tatartschuk, O Sydoruk… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
A configuration of two strongly coupled homogeneous two-dimensional metamaterial lattices
of resonant elements is shown to be able to propagate surface magnetoinductive waves …