Coherent optical pulse dynamics in nano-composite plasmonic Bragg gratings

Abstract

The propagation of solitary waves in a Bragg grating formed by an array of thin nanostructured dielectric films is considered. A system of equations of Maxwell-Duffing type, describing forward- and backward-propagating waves in such a grating, is derived. Exact solitary wave solutions are found, analyzed, and compared with the results of direct numerical simulations. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.