Enhanced mutual capture of colored solitons by matched modulator
- 9 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 12 (16) , 3759-3764
- https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.12.003759
Abstract
The mutual capture of two colored solitons is enhanced by a modulator, to a level which enables its practical exploitation, e.g., for a read- write mechanism in a soliton buffer. The enhanced capture was analyzed using closed form particle-like soliton perturbation, and verified by numerical simulations. Optimal modulator frequency and modulation depth are obtained. This mutual capture can be utilized for all-optical soliton logic and memory.Keywords
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