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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1313987
