Discrete solitons in graphene metamaterials

2014/10/31 by Yu. V. Bludov, Yuliy V. Bludov, Daria A. Smirnova +6
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Classical mechanics #Condensed matter physics #Dielectric #Geometry #Graphene #Mathematics #Metamaterial #Nonlinear system #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Physics #Plasmon #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #Quantum mechanics #Surface (topology) #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.91.045424

published as Phys. Rev. B 91, 045424 (2015) · 9 pages, 5 figures

openalex publication_date 2015/01/21 · arxiv created 2015/02/12 · arxiv updated 2015/02/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

We study nonlinear properties of multilayer metamaterials created by graphene sheets separated by dielectric layers. We demonstrate that such structures can support localized nonlinear modes described by the discrete nonlinear Schr"odinger equation and that its solutions are associated with stable discrete plasmon solitons. We also analyze the nonlinear surface modes in truncated graphene metamaterials being a nonlinear analog of surface Tamm states.

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