Title :
Relativistic physics in waveguide arrays: The Zitterbewegung
Author :
Dreisow, F. ; Heinrich, M. ; Keil, R. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Nolte, S. ; Longhi, S. ; Szameit, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate how relativistic wave evolution can be generated in engineered waveguide arrays and we observe the peculiar Zitterbewegung of an evolving wave packet. When a 1D binary waveguide lattice is excited near the edge of the Brillouin zone, one can formally show that the light intensity obeys the Dirac equation for relativistic particles.
Keywords :
Brillouin zones; Dirac equation; 1D binary waveguide lattice; Brillouin zone; Dirac equation; Zitterbewegung; evolving wave packet; light intensity; relativistic particles; relativistic physics; relativistic wave evolution; waveguide array;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943543
