Experimental demonstration of the optical Zeno effect by scanning tunneling optical microscopy
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An experimental demonstration of a classical analogue of the quantum Zeno effect for light waves propagating in engineered arrays of tunneling-coupled optical waveguides is reported. Quantitative mapping of the flow of light, based on scanning tunneling optical microscopy, clearly demonstrates that the escape dynamics of light in an optical waveguide side-coupled to a tight-binding continuum is slowed down when projective measurements, mimicked by sequential interruptions of the decay, are performed on the system.
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Even in simpler one-dimensional periodic optical structures one can realize optical analogues of KT.
“However, even in simpler onedimensional periodic optical structures one can realize optical analogues of KT [36,39].”
From Classical simulation of relativistic quantum mechanics in periodic optical structures (2011) · cites this paper as [36]
KT can be observed as a beam transmission (refraction) across the interface.
“KT can be observed as a beam transmission (refraction) across the interface [36].”
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- Authors
- Biagioni, P., Della Valle, G., Ornigotti, M., Finazzi, M., Duò, L., Laporta, P., & Longhi, S.
- Affiliations
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie (IT)
- Venue
- Optics Express
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 2008-03-06
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 3762
- ISSN
- 1094-4087 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2073899528
- Cited by
- 71
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 4.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Optics Express (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion)
- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
- Keywords
- quantum Zeno effect, projective measurement, optical waveguide arrays
- MeSH terms
- Computer Simulation, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Models, Theoretical, Quantum Theory, Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling, Optics and Photonics
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