OBSERVATION OF LANDAU-ZENER DYNAMICS IN CLASSICAL OPTICAL-SYSTEMS

被引:55
作者
BOUWMEESTER, D
DEKKER, NH
VONDORSSELAER, FE
SCHRAMA, CA
VISSER, PM
WOERDMAN, JP
机构
[1] Huygens Laboratory, University of Leiden, 2300 RA Leiden
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 51卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.51.646
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the observation of tunneling effects in a classical optical two-level system. In particular, we present experimental results for the optical implementations of the Landau-Zener model and of a hidden level-crossing model. The experimental results are in good agreement with theory for both the transition probability and the detailed time evolution of the wave function. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:646 / 654
页数:9
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