Abstract
Waves with negative group velocity (NGV) were discovered in optics by Sommerfeld and Brillouin, and experimentally verified in many cases, for example in left-handed media. For waves in solids, such an effect is described mostly in layered media. In this paper, it is demonstrated that in microstructured solids, waves with NGV may also exist leading to backwards pulse propagation. Two physical cases are analysed: a Mindlin-type hierarchical (a scale within a scale) material and a felt-type (made of fibres) material. For both cases, the dispersion analysis of one-dimensional waves shows that there exists certain ranges of physical parameters which lead to NGV. The results can be used in dispersion engineering for designing materials with certain properties. © Copyright EPLA, 2013.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 16001 |
| Journal | EPL |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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