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Numerical simulation of light structures in bulk ENZ media with Kerr nonlinearity

Victor P. Ruban

Abstract

A simplified mathematical model is suggested to describe the dynamics of a quasi-monochromatic optical wave in the bulk of an effectively isotropic metamaterial with averaged dielectrical permittivity near zero (ENZ medium), in the presence of a weak spatial nonuniformity, Kerr nonlinearity as well as linear gain due to external pumping. The model is a vector Ginzburg-Landau equation of the general kind, with the dominating curl-curl term in the dispersive operator, and it resembles the equation for electromagnetic waves in plasma [E. A. Kuznetsov, 1974]. In the case of purely real Kerr coefficients, a split-step Fourier method is appropriate for numerical simulations. It makes possible to observe various variants of nontrivial evolution of both central-symmetric and toroidal vector wave structures trapped by a quadratic potential well, as well as nonlinear interaction between the longitudinal and transverse waves in the case of their combination.

Numerical simulation of light structures in bulk ENZ media with Kerr nonlinearity

Abstract

A simplified mathematical model is suggested to describe the dynamics of a quasi-monochromatic optical wave in the bulk of an effectively isotropic metamaterial with averaged dielectrical permittivity near zero (ENZ medium), in the presence of a weak spatial nonuniformity, Kerr nonlinearity as well as linear gain due to external pumping. The model is a vector Ginzburg-Landau equation of the general kind, with the dominating curl-curl term in the dispersive operator, and it resembles the equation for electromagnetic waves in plasma [E. A. Kuznetsov, 1974]. In the case of purely real Kerr coefficients, a split-step Fourier method is appropriate for numerical simulations. It makes possible to observe various variants of nontrivial evolution of both central-symmetric and toroidal vector wave structures trapped by a quadratic potential well, as well as nonlinear interaction between the longitudinal and transverse waves in the case of their combination.
Paper Structure (13 equations, 5 figures)

This paper contains 13 equations, 5 figures.

Figures (5)

  • Figure 1: Эволюция максимального значения амплитуды электрического поля для тороидальных структур при различных значениях поперечного коэффициента усиления.
  • Figure 2: Примеры конфигураций "бублика": a) до потери устойчивости; b) в момент сильной дипольной деформации во время всплеска колебаний. Показана усредненная по $z$ интенсивность поля $I_z(x,y)=(1/2\pi)\int E^2 dz$ в два различных момента времени.
  • Figure 3: Примеры конфигураций "бублика" до потери устойчивости и во время всплеска: амплитуда поля в плоскости $y=0$.
  • Figure 4: Максимальное значение амплитуды электрического поля в зависимости от времени для центрально симметричных структур при различных значениях накачки.
  • Figure 5: Пример развития волновых узоров при нелинейном взаимодействии продольных и поперечных волн.