• 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