Discrete Talbot Effect in Waveguide Arrays
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- 25 July 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 95 (5) , 053902
Abstract
We report the first observation of discrete Talbot revivals in one-dimensional waveguide arrays. Unlike continuous systems where the Talbot self-imaging effect always occurs irrespective of the pattern period, in discrete configurations this process is only possible for a specific set of periodicities. Recurrence of different input periodic patterns is observed in good agreement with theory.Keywords
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