Photon propagation in a discrete fiber network: An interplay of coherence and losses

Details Photon propagation in a discrete fiber network: An interplay of coherence and losses Photon propagation in a discrete fiber network: An interplay of coherence and losses

2011-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/1110.6115v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 233902 (2011)

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Optics

To appear in PRL

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.233902

We study light propagation in a photonic system that shows stepwise evolution in a discretized environment. It resembles a discrete-time version of photonic waveguide arrays or quantum walks. By introducing controlled photon losses to our experimental setup, we observe unexpected effects like sub-exponential energy decay and formation of complex fractal patterns. This demonstrates that the interplay of linear losses, discreteness and energy gradients leads to genuinely new coherent phenomena in classical and quantum optical experiments. Moreover, the influence of decoherence is investigated.

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