Optical analog of a kicked quantum oscillator
- 9 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (19) , 2133-2136
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2133
Abstract
Light propagation in a discrete waveguide is the classical-optics analog of the quantum dynamics of a kicked oscillator. A specific model is introduced which shows subdiffusive beam spreading in the ray optical limit. At finite wavelength, the beam is localized in both position and momentum space through wave interference effects. It is argued that the localization phenomenon is accessible to a laboratory experiment using conventional laser systems.Keywords
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