STEERABLE OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES FORMED BY BRIGHT SPATIAL SOLITONS IN ALGAAS

被引:29
作者
MAMYSHEV, PV [1 ]
VILLENEUVE, A [1 ]
STEGEMAN, GI [1 ]
AITCHISON, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,GLASGOW G12 8QQ,SCOTLAND
关键词
SPATIAL SOLITONS; OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19940469
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors show theoretically and experimentally that the propagation direction of bright spatial solitons can be easily controlled by spatially varying the phase across the soliton at its input into the nonlinear medium, in this case an AlGaAs slab waveguide. The advantages of bright solitons over dark solitons for steerable waveguides are discussed.
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页码:726 / 727
页数:2
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