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Optically Nonlinears-Polarized Electromagnetic Waves In Multilayered Symmetric Dielectrics

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  • O. N. VASSILIEV

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7, Canada)

  • M. G. COTTAM

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7, Canada)

Abstract

A theory is presented for the nonlinears-polarized electromagnetic waves in multilayer systems with an arbitrary number of planar interfaces. Each of the individual layers may be characterized by either a linear or a Kerr-type nonlinear dielectric constant, and we examine the coupled nonlinear waves at both linear/nonlinear and nonlinear/nonlinear interfaces. An analysis of the phase trajectories (in terms of an electric field amplitude and its spatial derivative) is employed to enumerate the modes of the system in a systematic manner and to facilitate the derivation of dispersion relations. In particular, numerical examples are given for two-interface systems (for example, a thin film sandwiched between two semi-infinite media) and for periodic superlattices (with effectively infinite interfaces), thereby extending previous calculations.

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  • O. N. Vassiliev & M. G. Cottam, 2000. "Optically Nonlinears-Polarized Electromagnetic Waves In Multilayered Symmetric Dielectrics," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 7(01n02), pages 89-102.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:07:y:2000:i:01n02:n:s0218625x00000129
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X00000129
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