Influence of the Goos-Hänchen Shift on Tunneling Times in Dispersive Nonlinear Media

• Authors: I. Ilić , P. Beličev , V. Milanović , J. Radovanović , Lj. Hadžievski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Goos-Hänchen effect is an optical phenomenon defined as a displacement of the reflected beam of linearly polarized light after the total internal reflection, which occurs perpendicularly to the direction of propagation. Due to this effect, when an optical wave propagates through a barrier, tunneling times may change accordingly. In this paper, we consider the impact of the Goos-Hänchen effect on group delay and dwell time for electromagnetic wave propagating through a nonlinear dispersive slab placed inside linear dispersive surroundings. Numerical calculations are performed for the special case, namely a double negative index metamaterial embedded into a material with a saturable nonlinearity, when a background medium is vacuum. The numerical results for tunneling times are calculated when the Goos-Hänchen effect is observed. It is shown that this approach gives more accurate expressions for tunneling times when the angle of incidence has a non-zero value.

Keywords

EN

03.65.Xp; 42.25.Bs; 42.65.Hw; 78.20.Ci

Discipline

• 03.65.Xp: Tunneling, traversal time, quantum Zeno dynamics
• 42.25.Bs: Wave propagation, transmission and absorption[see also 41.20.Jb—in electromagnetism; for propagation in atmosphere, see 42.68.Ay; see also 52.40.Db Electromagnetic (nonlaser) radiation interactions with plasma and 52.38-r Laser-plasma interactions—in plasma physics]
• 78.20.Ci: Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
• 42.65.Hw: Phase conjugation; photorefractive and Kerr effects

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 116
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 638-641

Dates

published

2009-10

Contributors

author

I. Ilić

• Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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P. Beličev

• Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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V. Milanović

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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J. Radovanović

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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Lj. Hadžievski

• Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.116.638