Spatial optical solitons: Guiding light for future technologies

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Kivshar, Yuri S.
Stegeman, George I.

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An overview of the basic properties of optical solitons was presented. Solitons exist by virtue of very strong nonlinear coupling between radiation and matter. They are also a manifestation of a wave particle duality on a macroscopic scale, exhibiting both particlelike and wavelike properties. The advantages of the solitons for designing smaller all-optical logical gates were also discussed.

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Optics and Photonics News

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