All-optical switching using three-wave-interaction solitons
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
The property of three-wave-interaction solitons to preserve their shape upon nonlinear interaction with an arbitrary-shaped radiation is proposed for the creation of all-optical switching devices. It is shown that three-wave-interaction solitons can be used for optical switching in a polarization-gate geometry. This new all-optical logic gate combines the advantages of soliton switching devices witn the short length of a second-order nonlinear interaction. Feasibility of an all-optical logic gate based on two 1.5-cm-long β-barium borate crystals and with the intensity of the control pulse 190 MW/cm2 is demonstrated. © 1998 Optical Society of America.
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Recommended Citation
Ibragimov, E.
(1998).
All-optical switching using three-wave-interaction solitons.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics,
15(1), 97-102.
http://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.15.000097
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