Classical and quantum interference in multiband optical Bloch oscillations

被引：5
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作者：
Longhi, Stefano [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Politecn Milan, CNR, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[2] Politecn Milan, CNR, Ist Foton & Nanotecnol, I-20133 Milan, Italy
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2009年 / 79卷 / 24期
关键词：
light interference; light propagation; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical beam splitters; optical waveguides; oscillations; wave mechanics; WAVE-GUIDE ARRAYS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; HARTREE APPROXIMATION; SOLITON PROPAGATION; DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; ZENER OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRIC-FIELD; RESONANCES; LIGHT; FIBER;
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.245108
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
Classical and quantum interference of light propagating in arrays of coupled waveguides and undergoing multiband optical Bloch oscillations (BOs) with negligible Zener tunneling is theoretically investigated. In particular, it is shown that Mach-Zehnder-like interference effects spontaneously arise in multiband BOs owing to beam splitting and subsequent beam recombination occurring in one BO cycle. As a noteworthy example of quantum interference, we discuss the doubling of interference fringes in photon counting rates for a correlated photon pair undergoing two-band BOs, a phenomenon analogous to the manifestation of the de Broglie wavelength of an entangled biphoton state observed in quantum Mach-Zehnder interferometry.
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