Eur. Phys. J. D (2015) 69: 129
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2015-50895-y

Regular Article

Two-dimensional extremely short electromagnetic pulses in a Bragg medium with carbon nanotubes

¹ Singapore University of Technology & Design, 8 Somapah Road, 487372 Singapore, Singapore
² Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Volgograd Institute of Business, 400048 Volgograd, Russia
³ Volgograd State University, 400062 Volgograd, Russia
⁴ Office of the Chancellor and Center for Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63121, USA

^a e-mail: alexzhukov@sutd.edu.sg

Received: 18 December 2014
Received in final form: 23 March 2015
Published online: 13 May 2015

Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the propagation of extremely short electromagnetic pulses in a Bragg medium containing an immersed array of carbon nanotubes. With this unique configuration, we establish the possible stable propagation of such light bullets. In particular, our results suggest these light bullets can carry information about the Bragg medium itself.