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Beam splitter and combiner based on Bloch oscillations in spatially modulated waveguide arrays

Optics 2015-06-17 v1

Abstract

We numerically investigate the light beam propagation in periodic waveguide arrays which are elaborately modulated with certain structures. We find that the light beam may split, coalesce, deflect, and be localized during propagation in these spatially modulated waveguide arrays. All the phenomena originate from Bloch oscillations, and supply possible method for fabricating on-chip beam splitters and beam combiners.

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@article{arxiv.1412.3272,
  title  = {Beam splitter and combiner based on Bloch oscillations in spatially modulated waveguide arrays},
  author = {Yiqi Zhang and Milivoj R. Belić and Weiping Zhong and Feng Wen and Yang Guo and Yao Guo and Keqing Lu and Yanpeng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.3272},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures