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Extraordinary properties and unique features of coherent nonlinear-optical coupling of ordinary and backward electromagnetic waves in negative-index metamaterials are described and numerically simulated. The possibility for design of unique microscopic photonic devices and all-optical data processing chips is shown.
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Popov, A.K. Nonlinear optics of backward waves and extraordinary features of plasmonic nonlinear-optical microdevices. Eur. Phys. J. D 58, 263–274 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-00097-4
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