• DocumentCode
    3024370
  • Title

    Control of photon tunneling decay in engineered optical waveguide arrays

  • Author

    Longhi, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Milan
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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
    light propagation; optical waveguides; tunnelling; engineered optical waveguide arrays; engineered waveguide-array structure; macroscopic quantum tunneling; optical realization; photon tunneling decay; quantum mechanical decay control; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Quantum mechanics; Tunneling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453609
  • Filename
    4453609