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Nonlinear wave dynamics in honeycomb lattices

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000 (Israel)
We study the nonlinear dynamics of wave packets in honeycomb lattices and show that, in quasi-one-dimensional configurations, the waves propagating in the lattice can be separated into left-moving and right-moving waves, and any wave packet composed of only left (or only right) movers does not change its intensity structure in spite of the nonlinear evolution of its phase. We show that the propagation of a general wave packet can be described, within a good approximation, as a superposition of left- and right-moving self-similar (nonlinear) wave packets. Finally, we find that Klein tunneling is not suppressed by nonlinearity.
OSTI ID:
22068472
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 84; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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