• DocumentCode
    1686607
  • Title

    Bloch oscillations, Landau-Zener tunneling and fractal patterns in a discrete fiber network

  • Author

    Regensburger, Alois ; Bersch, Christoph ; Hinrichs, Benjamin ; Onishchukov, Georgy ; Schreiber, Andreas ; Silberhorn, Christine ; Peschel, Ulf

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Inf. & Photonics, Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Coherent light propagation in a discrete fiber network with similarities to quantum walks is considered. The controlled interplay of phase gradients and photon losses leads to Bloch oscillations, Landau-Zener tunneling and fractal patterns.
  • Keywords
    fractals; optical control; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; Bloch oscillations; Landau-Zener tunneling; coherent light propagation; controlled interplay; discrete fiber network; fractal patterns; phase gradients; photon losses; quantum walks; Fractals; Mathematical model; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Photonics; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326906