Surface waves at the interface between tunable LC-MTMs and nonlinear media

H. J. El-Khozondar , R. J. El-Khozondar , Saïd Zouhdi (1)

1 LGEP - Laboratoire de génie électrique de Paris

The surface wave propagation at the interface between tunable metamaterials (MTMs) and nonlinear media is investigated. Tunable MTMs have a refractive index which can be tuned to negative-zero-positive values. The nonlinear media are assumed to have a Kerr-like refractive index. The dispersion equation is analytically derived and solved numerically. Results display the different behaviors of the propagating waves as the refractive index is tuned.

H. J. El-Khozondar, R. J. El-Khozondar, Saïd Zouhdi. Surface waves at the interface between tunable LC-MTMs and nonlinear media. Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, 2012, 109 (4), pp.865-867. ⟨hal-00779093⟩