Title :
Experimental observation of bloch oscillations in the spectral domain
Author :
Bersch, Christoph ; Onishchukov, Georgy ; Peschel, Ulf
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Res. Group, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
Abstract :
We have experimentally demonstrated for the first time spectral Bloch oscillations using the interaction between a probe signal and a traveling-wave periodic potential in an optical fiber.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; ring lasers; spectral-domain analysis; highly nonlinear fiber; mode-locked fiber-ring laser; optical fiber dispersion; probe field propagation characteristics; signal pulse generation; spectral Bloch oscillations; spectral domain analysis; time-periodic amplitude-modulated light field; traveling-wave periodic potential; Atom optics; Brillouin scattering; Equations; Frequency; Optical arrays; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771685
