• DocumentCode
    3259298
  • Title

    Nonreciprocal and unidirectional optical bloch oscillations

  • Author

    Levy, M. ; Kumar, Pranaw

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-10 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    187
  • Lastpage
    188
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5059-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614450
  • Filename
    6614450
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3259298