Title :
Experimental Observation of Rabi oscillations in a one-dimensional photonic lattice
Author :
Shandarova, Ksenia ; Ruter, Christian E. ; Dong, Rong ; Kip, Detlef ; Makris, Konstantinos G. ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Peleg, Or ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. & Phys. Technol., Clausthal Univ. of Technol., Zellerfeld
Abstract :
We observe Rabi oscillations in one-dimensional waveguide arrays. Adiabatic transitions, both direct and indirect (phonon-assisted), between extended Floquet-Bloch modes associated with different bands are stimulated by index-gratings inducing periodic modulations along the propagation direction.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light propagation; optical modulation; optical waveguides; phonons; Floquet-Bloch modes; Rabi oscillations; adiabatic transitions; index-gratings; one-dimensional waveguide arrays; periodic modulations; phonon; propagation direction; Amplitude modulation; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Frequency; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Physics; (190.4420) Nonlinear optics, transverse effect in; (190.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons;
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
