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Relativistic Physics in Optical Waveguide Arrays: Simulating the Dirac Equation

A. Szameit, M. C. Rechtsman, J. Meyer, F. Dreisow, M. Gräfe, A. Tünnermann, M. Segev, and S. Nolte

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Abstract

In contrast to popular belief, it is possible to simulate a relativistic Dirac equation in classical paraxial optical waveguide arrays. Here, we present various simulations of relativistic phenomena in different structures, including so-called “optical graphene”.

© 2012 Optical Society of America

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