Title :
Bloch oscillations in zigzag waveguide arrays
Author :
Dreisow, F. ; Wang, G. ; Heinrich, M. ; Keil, R. ; Nolte, S. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Szameit, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
In this work we experimentally demonstrate nontrivial Bloch oscillations in lattices particularly with second-order coupling; an effect which has been proposed theoretically only recently.
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical lattices; optical waveguides; quantum optics; lattices; nontrivial Bloch oscillations; second order coupling; zigzag waveguide arrays; Couplings; Lattices; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Scattering; Ultrafast optics;
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.2011.5943572
