Arrays to Support Spatial Solitons. DoD - MURI Fellowship, April 2, 2000 to April 1, 2004

Abstract

The focus of this work is to demonstrate discrete solitons in arrays of coupled nonlinear waveguides or the controlled switching of optical information from one line to another. Results have been the successful creation of a linear array of over one hundred soliton waveguides. The array is necessary to demonstrate transfer of energy across the soliton array. The significance or impact is that this project is the first step to achieve photonic networks using discrete solitons-all-optical routers. It is possible to use the discrete soliton arrays to switch optical information from one channel to another, using only optical beams. For this reason, the results demonstrate discrete solitons and their potential use in optical communication systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428593

Entities

People

  • George Stegeman
  • Greg Salamo

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arkansas
  • Arrays
  • Bibliographies
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Diffraction
  • Information Operations
  • Information Transfer
  • Instability
  • Military Research
  • Optical Communications
  • Phase Shift
  • Quasiparticles
  • Technology Transfer
  • Transverse
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.