OPTICAL JUNCTIONS BASED ON A 3 SPATIAL SO LITONS COLLISION

Citation
Ge. Torrescisneros et al., OPTICAL JUNCTIONS BASED ON A 3 SPATIAL SO LITONS COLLISION, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 40(5), 1994, pp. 738-749
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0035001X
Volume
40
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
738 - 749
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-001X(1994)40:5<738:OJBOA3>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We study the weak-beam switching properties of a symmetric collision o f three spatial solitons in a positive Kerr-type nonlinear medium. We first show that such a geometry has more application perspectives that the geometry based on the collision of two solitons, mainly because i t possesses a fixed detection channel. Then we show that controllable optical junctions or beam splitters can be obtained by changing the an gle of collision of the solitons. We also demonstrate the switch opera tion of such an optical junction when the relative phases between the solitons are varied, even for large collision angles.