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Keywords = advancing the frontier of nanophotonics with the associated nanoscience and nanotechnology

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Shaping Light in Backward-Wave Nonlinear Hyperbolic Metamaterials
by Alexander K. Popov, Sergey A. Myslivets, Vitaly V. Slabko, Victor A. Tkachenko and Thomas F. George
Photonics 2018, 5(2), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics5020008 - 18 Apr 2018
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Backward electromagnetic waves are extraordinary waves with contra-directed phase velocity and energy flux. Unusual properties of the coherent nonlinear optical coupling of the phase-matched ordinary and backward electromagnetic waves with contra-directed energy fluxes are described that enable greatly-enhanced frequency and propagation direction conversion, [...] Read more.
Backward electromagnetic waves are extraordinary waves with contra-directed phase velocity and energy flux. Unusual properties of the coherent nonlinear optical coupling of the phase-matched ordinary and backward electromagnetic waves with contra-directed energy fluxes are described that enable greatly-enhanced frequency and propagation direction conversion, parametrical amplification, as well as control of shape of the light pulses. Extraordinary transient processes that emerge in such metamaterials in pulsed regimes are described. The results of the numerical simulation of particular plasmonic metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion are presented, which prove the possibility to match phases of such coupled guided ordinary and backward electromagnetic waves. Particular properties of the outlined processes in the proposed metamaterial are demonstrated through numerical simulations. Potential applications include ultra-miniature amplifiers, frequency changing reflectors, modulators, pulse shapers, and remotely actuated sensors. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nonlinear Dielectric Photonics and Metasurfaces)
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