2011/03/12 by F. Kh. Abdullaev, V. V. Konotop, V. S. Shchesnovich · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Chalcogenide #Mathematics #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear optics #Nonlinear system #Open quantum system #Optical bistability #Optics #Optoelectronics #Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Zeno effect #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Realization (probability) #Zeno's paradoxes #physics.class-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.83.043811
5 pages with 2 figures in color
arxiv created 2011/03/12 · openalex publication_date 2011/04/12 · arxiv updated 2015/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
It is shown that, in a simple coupler where one of the waveguides is subject to controlled losses of the electric field, it is possible to observe an optical analog of the linear and nonlinear quantum Zeno effects. The phenomenon consists in a counterintuitive enhancement of transparency of the coupler with an increase of the dissipation and represents an optical analog of the quantum Zeno effect. Experimental realization of the phenomenon based on the use of chalcogenide glasses is proposed. The system allows for observation of the crossover between the linear and nonlinear Zeno effects, as well as the effective manipulation of light transmission through the coupler.