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Volume 101, Number 4, February 2013
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| Article Number | 44002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/101/44002 | |
| Published online | 14 February 2013 | |
Spatial light rectification in an optical waveguide lattice
1 Institute for Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena - Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany, EU
2 ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Mediterranean Technology Park 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain, EU
3 Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences - Troitsk, Moscow Region, 142190, Russia
4 CREOL - The College of Optics & Photonics, University of Central Florida - 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando, FL-32816, USA
5 Departamento de Fisica y Matematicas, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla - 72820 Puebla, Mexico
6 Dipartimento di Fisica, Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie del CNR, Politecnico di Milano Piazza L. da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano, Italy, EU
Received: 10 January 2013
Accepted: 1 February 2013
The rectification of light beams in an optical ratchet is reported. This directed transport is implemented using a photonic mesh lattice consisting of sequences of directional couplers. In such a structure, we observe light propagation at an angle that is independent of the input direction of the injected beam.
PACS: 42.82.Et – Waveguides, couplers, and arrays / 42.82.Gw – Other integrated-optical elements and systems
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