Open AccessNew all-optical switch based on the spatial soliton repulsion
Author(s) -
YawDong Wu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.004005
Subject(s) - optical switch , property (philosophy) , optics , soliton , physics , nonlinear system , nonlinear optics , self phase modulation , quantum mechanics , philosophy , epistemology
We propose an all-optical switching device based on the interaction property between optical spatial solitons. By launching the nonlinear symmetric modes for the relative phase relation pi into the uniform nonlinear medium, the repulsive property between spatial solitons will be observed. Based on the repulsive property, a new all-optical switching device will be proposed.