Effects of polarization on the transmission and localization of classical waves in weakly scattering metamaterials

Ara A. Asatryan,1 Lindsay C. Botten,1 Michael A. Byrne,1 Valentin D. Freilikher,2 Sergey A. Gredeskul,3,4 Ilya V. Shadrivov,4 Ross C. McPhedran,5 and Yuri S. Kivshar4,6 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia 2Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Raman-Gan 52900, Israel 3Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel 4Nonlinear Physics Center and CUDOS, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia 5School of Physics and CUDOS, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia 6St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, 197101 St. Petersburg, Russia Received 13 August 2010; revised manuscript received 2 November 2010; published 29 November 2010