Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices

Andrea Fratalocchi; Gaetano Assanto; Kasia A. Brzdakiewicz; Mirek A. Karpierz

doi:10.1364/OL.31.000790

Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices

Andrea Fratalocchi, Gaetano Assanto, Kasia A. Brzdakiewicz, Mirek A. Karpierz

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We investigate Landau–Zener tunneling in one-dimensional liquid crystalline waveguide arrays by alloptical impression of acceleration with an additional beam. We derive the Zener model from the governing equations and demonstrate a novel approach to Floquet–Bloch band tunneling.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	790-792
Number of pages	3
Journal	OPTICS LETTERS
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.000790
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Optically induced Zener tunneling in one-dimensional lattices

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