Observation of dynamic localization in periodically curved waveguide arrays

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jun 23;96(24):243901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.243901. Epub 2006 Jun 21.

Abstract

We report on a direct experimental observation of dynamic localization (DL) of light in sinusoidally-curved lithium-niobate waveguide arrays which provides the optical analog of DL for electrons in periodic potentials subjected to ac electric fields as originally proposed by Dunlap and Kenkre [Phys. Rev. B 34, 3625 (1986)10.1103/PhysRevB.34.3625]. The theoretical condition for DL in a sinusoidal field is experimentally demonstrated.