Title :
Control of photon tunneling decay in engineered optical waveguide arrays
Author_Institution :
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133, Italy
Abstract :
Acceleration and deceleration of photon tunneling decay is theoretically demonstrated in an engineered waveguide-array structure, which provides an optical realization of quantum mechanical decay control proposed for macroscopic quantum tunneling.
Keywords :
Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Quantum mechanics; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431386
