Classical and quantum interference in multiband optical Bloch oscillations

Details Classical and quantum interference in multiband optical Bloch oscillations Classical and quantum interference in multiband optical Bloch oscillations

2010-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/1001.0986v1

Phys. Rev. B 79, 245108 (2009)

Physics

Optics

11 pages, 4 figures

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Classical and quantum interference of light propagating in arrays of coupled waveguides and undergoing multiband optical Bloch oscillations (BOs) with negligible Zener tunneling is theoretically investigated. In particular, it is shown that Mach-Zehnder-like interference effects spontaneously arise in multiband BOs owing to beam splitting and subsequent beam recombination occurring in one BO cycle. As a noteworthy example of quantum interference, we discuss the doubling of interference fringes in photon counting rates for a correlated photon pair undergoing two-band BOs, a phenomenon analogous to the manifestation of the de Broglie wavelength of an entangled biphoton state observed in quantum Mach-Zehnder interferometry.

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