Advanced solitonic metamaterial structures under external magnetophotonic control

A. D. Boardman; P. Egan

doi:10.1117/12.2025503

11 September 2013 Advanced solitonic metamaterial structures under external magnetophotonic control

A. D. Boardman, P. Egan

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Proceedings Volume 8806, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications VI; 88061Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025503
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Metamaterial research is an extremely important global activity that promises to change our lives in many different ways, including making objects invisible and having a very dramatic impact upon the energy and medical sectors of society. Behind all of the applications, however, lies the design of metamaterials and this can be led by elegant routes that include nonlinearity, waveguide complexity and structured light. The associated optical device formats often involve coupling to soliton behavior. Vortex formation is going to be a critical feature for future applications focusing attention upon the role of angular momentum in special metamaterial-driven light beams. In this context nonlinear diffraction must be assessed and some discussion of a magnetooptical environment will be included. Solitonic behavior of light beams will be mentioned, including what have now become known as Peregrine solitons.

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A. D. Boardman and P. Egan "Advanced solitonic metamaterial structures under external magnetophotonic control", Proc. SPIE 8806, Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications VI, 88061Y (11 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025503

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