dc.contributor.author | Horsley, S.A.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, Jin-Hu | |
dc.contributor.author | Artoni, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | La Rocca, G.C. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-18T10:54:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.description.abstract | A series of thin layers of alternating refractive index are known to make a good optical mirror over certain bands of frequency. Such a device, often termed the Bragg reflector, is usually introduced to students in isolation from other parts of the curriculum. Here, we show that the basic physics of wave propagation through a stratified medium can be used to illustrate some more modern developments in optics and quantum physics, from transfer matrix techniques to the optical properties of cold trapped atoms and optomechanical cooling. We also show a simple example of how such systems exhibit an appreciable level of optical nonreciprocity. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Natural Science Foundation of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Basic Research Program of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | CRUI-British Council | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Azione Integrata MIUR | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fondo di Ateneo of Brescia University | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 82 (3), article 206 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1119/1.4832436 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 11104112 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2011CB921603 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | CRUI-British Council Programs “Atoms and Nanostructures” and “Metamaterials” | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | IT09L244H5 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15219 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Association of Physics Teachers | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.4832436 | en_GB |
dc.title | Revisiting the Bragg reflector to illustrate modern developments in optics | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-18T10:54:01Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-9505 | |
dc.description | Copyright © 2014 American Association of Physics Teachers | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | American Journal of Physics | en_GB |