title: Optical transitions and Rabi oscillations in waveguide arrays.
abstract: It is theoretically demonstrated that Rabi interband oscillations are possible in waveguide arrays. Such transitions can take place in optical lattices when the unit-cell is periodically modulated along the propagation direction. Under phase-matching conditions, direct power transfer between two Floquet-Bloch modes can occur. In the nonlinear domain, periodic oscillations between two different lattice solitons are also possible.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics and Photonics, CREOL & FPCE, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. kmakris@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Makris
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Christodoulides
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Peleg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Segev
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kip
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012031:Refractometry