The Optical Bloch oscillation in chirped one-dimensional superconducting photonic crystal

We exploit theoretically the propagation properties of electromagnetic waves in nanoscale one-dimensional superconducting photonic crystal. The Wannier Stark ladders can be formed in the photonic crystal by varying the thickness of the dielectric layers linearly across the structure. The dynamics behavior of a Gaussian pulse transmitting through the structure is simulated theoretically. We find that photons undergo Bloch oscillations inside tilted photonic bands and the Bloch oscillations are sensitive to the change of temperature in the range of 3-8 K. It is demonstrated that our structure is possible to realize tunable optical Bloch oscillations by controlling the temperature of superconducting material.