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Optical Zener-Bloch oscillations in binary waveguide arrays

Optics 2009-11-13 v1 General Physics

Abstract

Zener tunneling in a binary array of coupled optical waveguides with transverse index gradient is shown to produce a sequence of regular or irregular beam splitting and beam recombination events superimposed to Bloch oscillations. These periodic or aperiodic Zener-Bloch oscillations provide a clear and visualizable signature in an optical system of coherent multiband dynamics encountered in solid-state or matter-wave systems

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@article{arxiv.physics/0611150,
  title  = {Optical Zener-Bloch oscillations in binary waveguide arrays},
  author = {Stefano Longhi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0611150},
  year   = {2009}
}