Abstract

Signals encoded as highly stable spatial (or temporal) dark solitons can be used in nonlinear-optical devices such as logic gates, interconnects, multiplexers, and filters. The formation of these waves with the use of simple diffracting (dispersing) elements in prototypical devices is analyzed by using the direct-scattering method, which is also outlined. Noncollisional dark-soliton xor and and gates and dark-soliton level splitting and bands are also described.

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Waveguides and Y junctions formed in bulk media by using dark spatial solitons

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Opt. Lett. 17(7) 496-498 (1992)

Steerable optical waveguides formed in self-defocusing media by using dark spatial solitons

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Observation of the formation of dark-soliton trains in optical fibers

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Direct measurement of the transverse velocity of dark spatial solitons

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Stable vector solitons composed of bright and dark pulses

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