• DocumentCode
    1686462
  • Title

    Observation of accelerating Wannier-Stark beams in optically induced photonic lattices

  • Author

    Qi, Xinyuan ; El-Ganainy, Ramy ; Zhang, Peng ; Makris, K.G. ; Christodoulides, D.N. ; Chen, Zhigang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., San Francisco State Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We generate Wannier-Stark beams and observe shape-invariant propagation and acceleration in photonic lattices. In the absence of a lattice, such Wannier-Stark states diffract and deteriorate asymmetrically, in agreement with theoretical predictions.
  • Keywords
    diffractive optical elements; optical lattices; spatial light modulators; accelerating Wannier-Stark beams; optically induced photonic lattices; shape-invariant propagation; Acceleration; Educational institutions; Lattices; Optical beams; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326901
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1686462