Title :
Self-imaging through a disordered waveguide lattice
Author :
Keil, Robert ; Lahini, Yoav ; Shechtman, Yoav ; Heinrich, Matthias ; Pugatch, Rami ; Dreisow, Felix ; Tünnermann, Andreas ; Nolte, Stefan ; Szameit, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the eigenmodes of a waveguide array with disorder in the coupling between adjacent guides are pairwise conjugated. Therefore, self-imaging via phase-segmentation is inherently insensitive to such an off-diagonal disorder.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; optical arrays; optical couplers; optical materials; optical waveguides; disordered waveguide lattice; eigenmodes; off-diagonal disorder; optical self-imaging; pairwise conjugation; phase segmentation; waveguide array; Arrays; Couplings; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Image segmentation; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
