Title :
Calculation of SIT soliton collisions for optical computing
Author :
Beeker, Willem P. ; Can, E. ; Lee, Chris J. ; Boller, Klaus J.
Author_Institution :
Laser Phys. & Nonlinear Opt. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
The optical solitons that play the role of information carriers, are moving, requiring careful experimental timing to achieve the desired logic operation. In contrast, self-induced transparency (SIT) is a strong resonant nonlinear effect, supporting the propagation of optical solitons and are usually associated with a two-level system. By the appropriate application of light fields, the optical soliton, resonant with the SIT transition, can generate an excited region with ground state coherence in the medium, allowing logic operations to be performed on this coherence.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical logic; optical solitons; self-induced transparency; SIT soliton collision; SIT transition; ground state coherence; information carrier; light field application; logic operations; optical computing; optical soliton propagation; resonant nonlinear effect; self-induced transparency; two-level system; Gas insulated transmission lines; Glass; Optical computing; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Slabs; Solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191489