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Time‐domain beltrami‐maxwell solitons in certain nonlinear chiral media
Author(s) -
Bass F. G.,
Slepyan G. Ya.,
Maksimenko S. A.,
Lakhtakia A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650090416
Subject(s) - isotropy , nonlinear system , soliton , physics , action (physics) , basis (linear algebra) , anisotropy , amplitude , maxwell's equations , electromagnetic field , electromagnetic radiation , classical mechanics , quantum electrodynamics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , geometry
Time‐dependent Beltrami fields are used as the basis of a novel phenomenological theory of the self‐action of electromagnetic pulses in certain nonlinear, isotropic chiral media. A set of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations for slow space‐time amplitudes is obtained. The specific features of some soliton solutions in the chosen chiral medium are described and qualitatively compared with those of soliton solutions in nonlinear, anisotropic, achiral dielectric media. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.