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All-optical switching of solitons in two- and three-core nonlinear fiber couplers

Journal of Applied Physics · 1991 · 94 citations · 19 references

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PhotonicsAll-optical SwitchingEngineeringNonlinear OpticsOptical PropertiesNon-linear OpticFiber-optic CommunicationOptical SolitonPhase-sensitive SwitchingOptical SwitchingFiber OpticsFiber OpticOptoelectronicsFiber LaserNumerical Investigation

Abstract

We present a numerical investigation of all-optical switching of solitons in two- and three-core nonlinear fiber couplers. Both self-switching of solitons and phase-sensitive switching are considered. The extension of the results to multicore couplers is briefly discussed.

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