Soliton polarization rotation and switching in type II second-harmonic generation
- 15 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (24) , 1969-1971
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.001969
Abstract
We predict that solitary waves of dispersive type II second-harmonic generation may experience large uniform nonlinear polarization rotations. The nonlinear medium followed by a polarization analyzer permits undistorted all-optical switching of pulses controlled by the input polarization.Keywords
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