Bloch oscillations in optical dissipative lattices

    Authors

    N. K. Efremidis;D. N. Christodoulides

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    WAVE-GUIDE ARRAYS; LASERS; Optics

    Abstract

    We show that Bloch oscillations are possible in dissipative optical waveguide lattices with a linearly varying propagation constant. These oscillations occur in spite of the fact that the Bloch wave packet experiences coupling gain and (or) loss. Experimentally, this process can be observed in different settings, such as in laser arrays and lattices of semiconductor optical amplifiers. In addition, we demonstrate that these systems can suppress instabilities arising from preferential mode noise growth. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    21

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2485

    Last Page

    2487

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000224600000009

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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