Title :
Stopping and time reversal of light pulses in dynamic coupled-resonator optical waveguides via Bloch oscillations
Author_Institution :
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, I-20133, Italy
Abstract :
The possibility to stop or time-reverse optical pulses in a dynamically-tuned CROW structure with broken translational-invariance is theoretically demonstrated. Pulse stopping and reversal exploits an optical analog of Bloch particle motion.
Keywords :
Lighting control; Optical arrays; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431446
