• DocumentCode
    2938385
  • Title

    All-Optical Switches and Y-junction Waveguides Based on the Perpendicular Collisions of Photoisomerization Solitons

  • Author

    Wang, Hongcheng ; Ling, Dongxiong ; Xu, Yongzhao

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Electron. Eng., Dongguan Univ. of Technol., Dongguan, China
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-21 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A theory is presented to investigate the perpendicular collisions of photoisomerization solitons in a polymer. Some interesting results such as soliton collapse and soliton junction are found by choosing the proper power ratio and relative phase between the signal beam and the pumping beam. The relevant experimental setups are also proposed. These novel results are potentially useful in forming all-optical switches and Y-junction waveguides.
  • Keywords
    isomerisation; optical solitons; optical switches; optical waveguides; photochemistry; all-optical switches; perpendicular collisions; photoisomerization solitons; soliton collapse; soliton junction; y-junction waveguides; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Polymers; Solitons; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics and Optoelectronic (SOPO), 2010 Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4963-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4964-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOPO.2010.5504260
  • Filename
    5504260