Title :
Adiabatic transfer of light in optical waveguide arrays
Author :
Valle, G. Della ; Ornigotti, M. ; Fernandez, T. Toney ; Coppa, A. ; Foglietti, V. ; Laporta, P. ; Longhi, S.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Ist. Naz. per la Fis. della Materia, Politec. di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
We report on the experimental demonstration of efficient adiabatic light transfer between the outer waveguides in a finite array of evanescently-coupled optical waveguides with negligible excitation of all the intermediate waveguides.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical waveguides; adiabatic light transfer; evanescently-coupled optical waveguide; finite array; optical waveguide arrays; Atom optics; Fluorescence; Glass; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Physics; (000.1600) Classical and quantum physics; (130.2755) Glass waveguides; (350.4600) Optical engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
