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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
