Self-induced transparency soliton digital switch
- 12 February 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (7) , 614-616
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102714
Abstract
We investigate self-induced transparency soliton switching in a nonlinear two-level resonant dual-waveguide directional coupler. The soliton transfer properties of the coupler depend on the input pulse area; for areas larger than π, an integer number of 2π solitons is transmitted from the output ports. Tapered coupling provides digital transmission characteristics. A specific example of application to impurity bound excitons in semiconductors is discussed.Keywords
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