DocumentCode
2081219
Title
Relativistic physics in waveguide arrays: The Zitterbewegung
Author
Dreisow, F. ; Heinrich, M. ; Keil, R. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Nolte, S. ; Longhi, S. ; Szameit, A.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
fYear
2011
fDate
22-26 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We demonstrate how relativistic wave evolution can be generated in engineered waveguide arrays and we observe the peculiar Zitterbewegung of an evolving wave packet. When a 1D binary waveguide lattice is excited near the edge of the Brillouin zone, one can formally show that the light intensity obeys the Dirac equation for relativistic particles.
Keywords
Brillouin zones; Dirac equation; 1D binary waveguide lattice; Brillouin zone; Dirac equation; Zitterbewegung; evolving wave packet; light intensity; relativistic particles; relativistic physics; relativistic wave evolution; waveguide array;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN
Pending
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943543
Filename
5943543
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