Optical Bloch Oscillations in Temperature Tuned Waveguide Arrays
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We report the observation of optical Bloch oscillations in waveguide arrays. The required linear variation of the propagation constant across the thermo-optic polymer array was obtained by applying a temperature gradient. Bloch oscillations manifesting themselves as transverse oscillations of the propagating light beam can be attributed to the existence of localized states (Wannier-Stark states) with equidistant eigenvalue spacing (Wannier-Stark ladder). The period and amplitude of the oscillations can be controlled by varying the temperature gradient.
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Optical Bloch oscillations were first observed in waveguide lattices in 1999 by two groups using a real transverse refractive index gradient.
“Optical Bloch oscillations were first observed in waveguide lattices in 1999 by two groups [36,37], by implementing a real transverse refractive index gradient in the lattice.”
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- Authors
- Pertsch, T., Dannberg, P., Elflein, W., Bräuer, A., & Lederer, F.
- Affiliations
- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (DE)
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1999-12-06
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 4752-4755
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2026205980
- Cited by
- 587
- References
- 22
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- FWCI
- 7.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Photonic Systems
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
- Keywords
- waveguide arrays, temperature gradient, Wannier-Stark states, Wannier-Stark ladder, localized states, propagation constant
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