Title

Bloch Oscillations In Optical Dissipative Lattices

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. © 2004 Optical Society of America.

Publication Date

11-1-2004

Publication Title

Optics Letters

Volume

29

Issue

21

Number of Pages

2485-2487

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.29.002485

Socpus ID

9144222120 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/9144222120

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