Beam propagation in periodically-bent waveguides: quantum mechanical analogy, dynamic mode stabilization and radiation loss reduction

Author

Janner, D. ; Longhi, S. ; Marano, M. ; Laporta, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, INFM, Milano, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

117

Abstract

In this paper, we study theoretically the properties of beam propagation in a periodically-curved optical waveguide beyond the usual perturbative approach and show the existence of unusual and exotic effects, such as dynamic beam splitting, dynamic directional coupling, and reduction of radiation losses, similar to many phenomena encountered in the dynamics of a bound electron in an atom subjected to a super-intense and high-frequency laser field.

Keywords

laser beam effects; light propagation; optical couplers; optical losses; optical waveguides; periodic structures; quantum theory; beam propagation; bound electron; dynamic beam splitting; dynamic directional coupling; dynamic mode stabilization; exotic effects; high-frequency laser field; periodically-bent optical waveguides; quantum mechanical analogy; radiation loss reduction; Atom optics; Electron optics; Optical beam splitting; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Quantum mechanics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312178

Filename

1312178