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Advanced Photonics

Optical simulation of neutrino oscillation in binary waveguide arrays

Andrea Marini, Stefano Longhi, Fabio Biancalana

Published Jan 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically investigate the optical analogue of neutrino oscillation in a pair of vertically displaced binary waveguide arrays with longitudinally modulated effective index. We demonstrate that neutrino oscillations can be quenched by nonlinear effects.
DOI
10.1364/np.2014.nth3a.5

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