DocumentCode
3487158
Title
A new twist on light: applications of the optical vortex soliton
Author
Swartzlander, G.A., Jr. ; Law, C.T.
Author_Institution
Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1994
fDate
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract
Summary form only given. Optical vortex solitons induce cylindrical waveguides within bulk nonlinear refractive media, allowing optical interconnections, and all-optical logic, modulation, and switching. Experimental and numerical explorations of these applications will be discussed
Keywords
vortices; all-optical logic; bulk nonlinear refractive media; cylindrical waveguides; light twists; optical interconnections; optical modulation; optical switching; optical vortex soliton; optical waveguide theory; Logic; Optical interconnections; Optical refraction; Optical vortices; Optical waveguides; Solitons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1470-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586602
Filename
586602
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