title: Discrete breathers in nonlinear magnetic metamaterials.
abstract: Magnetic metamaterials composed of split-ring resonators or U-type elements may exhibit discreteness effects in THz and optical frequencies due to weak coupling. We consider a model one-dimensional metamaterial formed by a discrete array of nonlinear split-ring resonators where each ring interacts with its nearest neighbors. On-site nonlinearity and weak coupling among the individual array elements result in the appearance of discrete breather excitations or intrinsic localized modes, both in the energy-conserved and the dissipative system. We analyze discrete single and multibreather excitations, as well as a special breather configuration forming a magnetization domain wall and investigate their mobility and the magnetic properties their presence induces in the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Crete, and Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P. O. Box 2208, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lazarides
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eleftheriou
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Tsironis