Optical Zener-Bloch oscillations in binary waveguide arrays
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Zener tunneling in a binary array of coupled optical waveguides with transverse index gradient is shown to produce a sequence of regular or irregular beam splitting and beam recombination events superimposed to Bloch oscillations. These periodic or aperiodic Zener-Bloch oscillations provide a clear and visualizable signature in an optical system of coherent multiband dynamics encountered in solid-state or matter-wave systems.
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For α > 0, G(β_x d) moves with constant velocity α/λ towards +β_x d during propagation.
“Hence, G(β x d) moves for α > 0 with a constant velocity towards +β x d during the propagation, where the velocity is given by α/ - λ [35].”
From Discrete optics in femtosecond-laser-written photonic structures (2010) · cites this paper as [35]
The passage on spectral coefficients (section labeled Abstract; page unavailable) gives c₁,₂(z, κ) = f₁,₂(Fz/h)g(κ − Fz/h), supporting a constant shift toward positive κ during propagation. The paper uses F and κ, however, and does not establish that the cited sentence’s G(βₓd) moves at the stated velocity α/λ. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn binary arrays, Bloch oscillations are not damped, which significantly simplifies observation of Bloch-Zener dynamics.
“The benefit is that the Bloch oscillations are not damped which significantly simplifies the observation of Bloch-Zener dynamics [35].”
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- Authors
- Longhi, S.
- Affiliations
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Longhi, S
- ORCID
- Longhi, S
- Venue
- Europhysics Letters (EPL)
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2006-11
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 416-421
- ISSN
- 0295-5075 (ISSN-L)
- 1286-4854
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- W2033357739
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Photonic Systems
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
- Keywords
- Zener tunneling, Bloch oscillations, coupled optical waveguides, beam splitting, beam recombination, solid-state systems
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