Title :
Stopping and Time Reversal of Light Pulses in Dynamic Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides via Bloch Oscillations
Author_Institution :
Politecnico di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
The possibility to stop or time-reverse optical pulses in a dynamically-tuned CROW structure with broken translational-invariance is theoretically demonstrated. Pulse stopping and reversal exploits an optical analog of Bloch particle motion.
Keywords :
optical pulse shaping; optical resonators; optical waveguides; Bloch oscillations; Bloch particle motion; CROW; coupled-resonator optical waveguides; light pulses; optical pulses; translational-invariance; Lighting control; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453669
