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Photon energy lifter

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

We propose a time-dependent photonic structure, in which the carrier frequency of an optical pulse is shifted without changing its shape. The efficiency of the device takes advantage of slow group velocities of light attainable in periodic photonic structures. The frequency shifting effect is quantitatively studied by means of Finite Difference Time Domain simulations for realistic systems with optical parameters of conventional silicon technology.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510043,
  title  = {Photon energy lifter},
  author = {Zeno Gaburro and Mher Ghulinyan and Francesco Riboli and Lorenzo Pavesi and Alessio Recati and Iacopo Carusotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510043},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages 5 figures