Bright and dark gap solitons in a negative index Fabry-Pérot etalon

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 19;93(21):213902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.213902. Epub 2004 Nov 16.

Abstract

We predict the existence of bright and dark gap solitons in a single slab of negative index material. The formation of gap solitons is made possible by the exceptional interplay between the linear dispersive properties of the negative index etalon and the effect of a cubic nonlinearity.