Optical echo in photonic crystals
A. E. Antipov, A. N. Rubtsov
Physical department, Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russia
PACS: 42.15.Eq, 42.25.Dd, 42.70.Qs
Abstract
The dynamics of photonic wavepacket in the effective
oscillator potential is studied. The oscillator potential is
constructed on a base of one dimensional photonic crystal with a
period of unit cell adiabatically varied in space. The structure has a locally
equidistant discrete spectrum. This leads to an echo effect, i.e.
the periodical reconstruction of the packet shape. The effect can
be observed in a nonlinear response of the system. Numerical
estimations for porous-silicon based structures are presented for
femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser pump.