Title :
Reconfigurable soliton networks optically-induced by arrays of nondiffracting Bessel beams
Author :
Xu, Zhiyong ; Kartashov, Yaroslav V. ; Torner, Lluis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Process. Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This work investigates the propagation of solitons in two-dimensional networks created with arrays of mutually incoherent parallel Bessel beams in Kerr-type nonlinear media. Each of the Bessel beams forming the network induces a well-pronounced guiding channel that overlaps with its neighbors through slowly decaying tails.
Keywords :
laser beams; nonlinear media; optical Kerr effect; optical solitons; optical waveguide theory; Bessel beam arrays; Kerr-type nonlinear media; guiding channel; incoherent Bessel beams; nondiffracting Bessel beams; optically-induced soliton networks; parallel Bessel beams; reconfigurable soliton networks; soliton propagation; two-dimensional networks; Communication switching; Couplers; Lattices; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical diffraction; Optical fiber networks; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8973-5
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567258
