title: Coupled nonlinear Schrodinger field equations for electromagnetic wave propagation in nonlinear left-handed materials.
abstract: For isotropic and homogeneous nonlinear left-handed materials, for which the effective medium approximation is valid, Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields lead naturally, within the slowly varying envelope approximation, to a system of coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations. This system is equivalent to the well-known Manakov model that under certain conditions, is completely integrable, and admits bright and dark soliton solutions. It is demonstrated that left- and right-handed (normal) nonlinear media may have compound dark and bright soliton solutions, respectively [corrected] These results are also supported by numerical calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
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authors.lastname: Lazarides
authors.forename: G P
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authors.lastname: Tsironis