Photonic quantum information processing: a review

F Flamini, N Spagnolo, F Sciarrino - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Photonic quantum technologies represent a promising platform for several applications,
ranging from long-distance communications to the simulation of complex phenomena …

Synthetic dimension in photonics

L Yuan, Q Lin, M **ao, S Fan - optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The physics of a photonic structure is commonly described in terms of its apparent geometric
dimensionality. On the other hand, with the concept of synthetic dimension, it is in fact …

Observation of a localized flat-band state in a photonic Lieb lattice

S Mukherjee, A Spracklen, D Choudhury, N Goldman… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We demonstrate the first experimental realization of a dispersionless state, in a photonic
Lieb lattice formed by an array of optical waveguides. This engineered lattice supports three …

Colloquium: Strong-field phenomena in periodic systems

SY Kruchinin, F Krausz, VS Yakovlev - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
The advent of visible-infrared laser pulses carrying a substantial fraction of their energy in a
single field oscillation cycle has opened a new era in the experimental investigation of …

High-harmonic generation from Bloch electrons in solids

M Wu, S Ghimire, DA Reis, KJ Schafer, MB Gaarde - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We study the generation of high-harmonic radiation by Bloch electrons in a model
transparent solid driven by a strong midinfrared laser field. We solve the single-electron time …

Discrete optics in femtosecond-laser-written photonic structures

A Szameit, S Nolte - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last few years arrays of evanescently coupled waveguides have been brought into
focus as a particular representation of functionalized optical materials, in which the …

Bloch Oscillations in Complex Crystals with Symmetry

S Longhi - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
Bloch oscillations in complex lattices with PT symmetry are theoretically investigated with
specific reference to optical Bloch oscillations in photonic lattices with gain or loss regions …

Light propagation and localization in modulated photonic lattices and waveguides

IL Garanovich, S Longhi, AA Sukhorukov, YS Kivshar - Physics Reports, 2012 - Elsevier
We review both theoretical and experimental advances in the recently emerged field of
modulated photonic lattices. These artificial periodic dielectric structures provide a powerful …

Non-Bloch-band collapse and chiral Zener tunneling

S Longhi - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Non-Bloch-band theory describes bulk energy spectra and topological invariants in non-
Hermitian crystals with open boundaries, where the bulk eigenstates are squeezed toward …

[HTML][HTML] Exciton-polaritons in lattices: A non-linear photonic simulator

A Amo, J Bloch - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2016 - Elsevier
Microcavity polaritons are mixed light–matter quasiparticles with extraordinary nonlinear
properties, which can be easily accessed in photoluminescence experiments. Thanks to the …