This paper investigates optical transport in metamaterial waveguide arrays(MMWAs)exhibiting Bloch-like oscillations(BLOs).The MMWAs is fabricated by laterally combining metal and dielectric layers in a Fibonacci seque...This paper investigates optical transport in metamaterial waveguide arrays(MMWAs)exhibiting Bloch-like oscillations(BLOs).The MMWAs is fabricated by laterally combining metal and dielectric layers in a Fibonacci sequence.By mapping the field distribution of Gaussian wave packets in these arrays,we directly visualize the mechanical evolution in a classical wave environment.Three distinct oscillation modes are observed at different incident positions in the ninth-generation Fibonacci structure,without introducing thickness or refractive index gradient in any layer.Additionally,the propagation period of BLOs increases with a redshift of the incident wavelength for both ninth-and tenth-generation Fibonacci MMWAs.These findings provide a valuable method for manipulating BLOs and offer new insights into optical transport in metamaterials,with potential applications in optical device and wave control technologies.展开更多
文摘This paper investigates optical transport in metamaterial waveguide arrays(MMWAs)exhibiting Bloch-like oscillations(BLOs).The MMWAs is fabricated by laterally combining metal and dielectric layers in a Fibonacci sequence.By mapping the field distribution of Gaussian wave packets in these arrays,we directly visualize the mechanical evolution in a classical wave environment.Three distinct oscillation modes are observed at different incident positions in the ninth-generation Fibonacci structure,without introducing thickness or refractive index gradient in any layer.Additionally,the propagation period of BLOs increases with a redshift of the incident wavelength for both ninth-and tenth-generation Fibonacci MMWAs.These findings provide a valuable method for manipulating BLOs and offer new insights into optical transport in metamaterials,with potential applications in optical device and wave control technologies.
