Title :
Nonreciprocal and unidirectional optical bloch oscillations
Author :
Levy, M. ; Kumar, Pranaw
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
Abstract :
Nonreciprocal optical Bloch oscillations are shown to suppress optical beam revival in one propagation direction in asymmetric waveguide arrays. Their application to optical isolation is predicted to yield isolation ratios as large as 55 dB.
Keywords :
optical arrays; optical isolators; optical waveguides; oscillations; asymmetric waveguide arrays; isolation ratios; nonreciprocal optical Bloch oscillations; optical beam revival; optical isolation; unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical waveguides; Oscillators; Propagation constant;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614450
