Optical Bloch Oscillations and Zener Tunneling with Nonclassical Light
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A quantum theory of optical Bloch oscillations and Zener tunneling (ZT) in arrays of coupled waveguides is theoretically presented, and the particlelike behavior of photons undergoing ZT is highlighted. In singly-periodic arrays excited by a photon-number-state input beam, each photon behaves as a classical particle which independently undergoes a coin-toss ZT event with a probability described by classical Zener theory. In binary arrays, excitation with two tilted beams enables us to observe the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference for two photons undergoing Bloch-Zener oscillations.
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The paraxial equation (7) can be used to describe propagation of quantum light as well.
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- Authors
- Longhi, S.
- Affiliations
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Longhi, Stefano
- ORCID
- Longhi, Stefano
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2008-11-06
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 193902-193902
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W1995128246
- Cited by
- 81
- References
- 17
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- FWCI
- 4.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Strong Light-Matter Interactions
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
- Keywords
- Zener tunneling, nonclassical light, coupled waveguide arrays, photon number states, Hong-Ou-Mandel interference, tilted beam, quantum optics
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