DocumentCode
3186395
Title
The Talbot effect and the excitation of soliton arrays
Author
Minardi, Stefano ; Arrighi, Gianluca ; Di Trapani, Paolo ; Varanavicius, Arunas ; Piskarskas, Algis ; Petrov, Dimitri ; Torner, Lluis
Author_Institution
Ist. Nazionale Fisica della Materia, Univ. dell´´Insubria, Como, Italy
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
130
Abstract
This work shows that the fractional Talbot effect can be exploited in combination with the excitation of arrays of quadratic spatial solitons to obtain various types of all-optical switches. Experimental and numerical results are presented.
Keywords
Talbot effect; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical solitons; optical switches; Talbot effect; all-optical switches; picosecond pulses; quadratic spatial solitons; soliton arrays; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lattices; Optical harmonic generation; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Switches; Talbot effect;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7733-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313987
Filename
1313987
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