Nonlinear Effects in Photonic Materials - Abstract

Longhi, Stefano

Quantum Mechanics in Curved Photonic Structures

Optical waveguide systems with a suitably curved axis offer an experimentally accessible laboratory tool for the observation of several coherent linear and nonlinear effects tupical of quantum mechanical systems. This talk will review some of these basic effects, including adiabatic stabilization, suppression of quantum diffusion, and control of quantum tunneling.