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Spectral and temporal Bloch oscillations in optical fibres

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Inspired by the space-time duality of paraxial beam diffraction and dispersive pulse spreading, the experimental implementation of a temporal equivalent of evanescently coupled waveguide arrays is demonstrated. Pulses interact with a time-periodic potential during their propagation through an optical fibre and the generic effect of discrete diffraction is observed in time. The presented system allows fast and high-resolving measurements of the complete signal evolution. To demonstrate the advanced capabilities, Bloch oscillations of an optical signal in both the time and frequency domains are realised.

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  1. Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Staudtstraße 7/B2, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    C. Bersch & U. Peschel

  2. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1/B24, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    C. Bersch & G. Onishchukov

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Bersch, C., Onishchukov, G. & Peschel, U. Spectral and temporal Bloch oscillations in optical fibres. Appl. Phys. B 104, 495–501 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4627-8

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