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Modulation instability induced by nonlinear dispersion in nonlinear metamaterials

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Abstract

We show that modulation instability may occur even in the normal group-velocity dispersion regime, or in the case of no group-velocity dispersion in metamaterials with a nonlinear electric polarization. The physical origin of the modulation instability is the additional second-order nonlinear dispersion effect resulted from the combination of the linear dispersive magnetic permeability with the nonlinear electric polarization. Based on the Drude model, a numerical simulation is performed to confirm the theoretical predictions, and a detailed discussion on the role of the second-order nonlinear dispersion effect in modulation instability in both negative-index and positive-index regions of metamaterial is presented.

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