Polychromatic photonic Floquet-Bloch oscillations

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Abstract
Photonic Floquet–Bloch oscillations (FBOs), a new type of Bloch-like oscillations in photonic Floquet lattices, have recently been observed as a typical discrete self-imaging effect. Here, we theoretically investigate the spectral range of approximate photonic Floquet–Bloch oscillations in arrays of evanescently coupled optical waveguides and show the adjustability of the spectral range. At an appropriate amplitude of the Floquet modulation, we have demonstrated approximate photonic FBOs over a broad spectral range, termed “polychromatic photonic Floquet–Bloch oscillations,” which manifest as approximate self-imaging of polychromatic beams. Furthermore, by designing the functional form of the Floquet modulation, we can cascade two polychromatic photonic FBOs and further enhance the performance of polychromatic self-imaging. Our results provide a simple and novel mechanism for achieving polychromatic self-imaging in waveguide arrays and may find applications in polychromatic beam shaping and broadband optical signal processing.
Funding Information
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2023YFE0105800)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (62275093)
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (C4050-21E, N_CUHK479/23, RFS2324-4S03)

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