Optical Bloch oscillations in periodic structures with metamaterials
Optics
2011-11-07 v1
Abstract
We predict that optical Bloch oscillations can be observed in layered structures with left-handed metamaterials and zero average refractive index where the layer thickness varies linearly across the structure. We demonstrate a new type of the Bloch oscillations associated with coupled surface waves excited at the interfaces between the layers with left-handed material and conventional dielectric.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.3064,
title = {Optical Bloch oscillations in periodic structures with metamaterials},
author = {Artur R. Davoyan and Ilya V. Shadrivov and Andrey A. Sukhorukov and Yuri S. Kivshar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3064},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
3 pages, 5 postscript figures