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Chin. Phys. B, 2012, Vol. 21(5): 054201    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/5/054201
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Propagation of Airy beams from right-handed material to left-handed material

Lin Hui-Chuan(林惠川)a)b) and Pu Ji-Xiong(蒲继雄)a)†
a. Department of Electronic Science & Technology, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China;
b. Department of Physics and Electrmechanical Engineering, Sanming University, Sanming 365004, China
Abstract  Based on the ABCD matrix formalism, the propagation property of an Airy beam from right-handed material (RHM) to left-handed material (LHM) is investigated. The result shows that when the Airy beam propagates in the LHM, the intensity self-bending due to its propagation in the RHM can be compensated. In particular, if the propagation distance in the RHM is equal to that in the LHM and the refractive index of the LHM is nL =-1, the transverse intensity distribution of the Airy beam can return to its original state.
Keywords:  left-handed material      right-handed material      Airy beams      self-bending  
Received:  07 August 2011      Revised:  27 April 2012      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.25.Bs (Wave propagation, transmission and absorption)  
  42.25.Dd (Wave propagation in random media)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60977068, 61178015 and 11102100) and the Youth Foundation of Sanming University, China (Grant No. B201008/Q).

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Lin Hui-Chuan(林惠川) and Pu Ji-Xiong(蒲继雄) Propagation of Airy beams from right-handed material to left-handed material 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 054201

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