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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Decay control via discrete-continuum modulation in optical waveguides

Felix Dreisow, Alexander Szameit, Matthias Heinrich, Thomas Pertsch, Stefan Nolte, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefano Longhi

Published May 1, 2008• 1 citation
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Abstract

We report on fractional decay suppression as well as decay deceleration and acceleration of an unstable quantum mechanical state. The decay is directly observed in a system of optical waveguides.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2008.4551973

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