Time for pulse traversal through slabs of dispersive and negative ($ε$, $μ$) materials

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dc.creatorNanda, Lipsa
dc.creatorRamakrishna, S. Anantha
dc.date2007-07-17
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dc.descriptionThe traversal times for an electromagnetic pulse traversing a slab of dispersive and dissipative material with negative dielectric permittivity ($ε$) and magnetic permeability ($μ$) have been calculated by using the average flow of electromagnetic energy in the medium. The effects of bandwidth of the pulse and dissipation in the medium have been investigated. While both large bandwidth and large dissipation have similar effects in smoothening out the resonant features that appear due to Fabry-Pérot resonances, large dissipation can result in very small or even negative traversal times near the resonant frequencies. We have also investigated the traversal times and Wigner delay times for obliquely incident pulses and evanescent pulses. The coupling to slab plasmon polariton modes in frequency ranges with negative $ε$ or $μ$ is shown to result in large traversal times at the resonant conditions. We also find that the group velocity mainly contributes to the delay times for pulse propagating across a slab with n=-1. We have checked that the traversal times are positive and subluminal for pulses with sufficiently large bandwidths.
dc.description9 pages, 9 figures, Submitted to Phys. Rev. A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2513
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2513
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 76, 063807 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.76.063807
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/209548
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleTime for pulse traversal through slabs of dispersive and negative ($ε$, $μ$) materials
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