title: Dissipative structures in left-handed material cavity optics.
abstract: We study the spatiotemporal dynamics of spatially extended nonlinear cavities containing a left-handed material. Such materials, which have a negative index of refraction, have been experimentally demonstrated recently, and allow for novel electromagnetic behavior. We show that the insertion of a left-handed material in an optical resonator allows for controlling the value and the sign of the diffraction coefficient in dispersive Kerr resonators and degenerate optical parametric oscillators. We give an overview of our analytical and numerical studies on the stability and formation of dissipative structures in systems with negative diffraction.
authors: Department of Applied Physics and Photonics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussel, Belgium. philippe.tassin@vub.ac.be
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Tassin
authors: Lendert
authors: L
authors: Gelens
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Danckaert
authors: Irina
authors: I
authors: Veretennicoff
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Van der Sande
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Kockaert
authors: Mustapha
authors: M
authors: Tlidi