Aguanno, G.D.Mattiucci, N.Scalora, M.Bloemer, M.J.2020-05-142020-05-142006-01-10Aguanno, G.D.; et al.; Excitation of bright and dark gap solitons in a negative index material; EQEC '05. European Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005.; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1567246https://doi.org/10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567246http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18632EQEC '05. European Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005.We predict the existence of bright and dark gap solitons in a slab of negative index material as a result of the interplay between the linear dispersive properties and the effect of a cubic nonlinearity.2 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Public Domain Mark 1.0This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Text