Ginzburg-Landau equation bound to the metal-dielectric interface and transverse nonlinear optics with amplified plasmon polaritons

Andrea Marini, Dmitry Skryabin

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Abstract

Using a multiple-scale asymptotic approach, we have derived the complex cubic Ginzburg-Landau equation for amplified and nonlinearly saturated surface plasmon polaritons propagating and diffracting along a metal-dielectric interface. An important feature of our method is that it explicitly accounts for nonlinear terms in the boundary conditions, which are critical for a correct description of nonlinear surface waves. Using our model we have analyzed filamentation and discussed the bright and dark spatially localized structures of plasmons.
Original languageEnglish
Article number033850
JournalPhysical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume81
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2010

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