Optical Bloch Oscillations and Zener Tunneling with Nonclassical Light

被引：71

作者：

Longhi, Stefano ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Politecn Milan, Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[2] Politecn Milan, CNR, Ist Foton & Nanotechnol, I-20133 Milan, Italy

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2008年 / 101卷 / 19期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.193902

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A quantum theory of optical Bloch oscillations and Zener tunneling (ZT) in arrays of coupled waveguides is theoretically presented, and the particlelike behavior of photons undergoing ZT is highlighted. In singly-periodic arrays excited by a photon-number-state input beam, each photon behaves as a classical particle which independently undergoes a coin-toss ZT event with a probability described by classical Zener theory. In binary arrays, excitation with two tilted beams enables us to observe the Hong-Ou-Mandel interference for two photons undergoing Bloch-Zener oscillations.

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