Kivshar, Yuri S.Stegeman, George I.2025-12-312025-12-311047-6938ORCID:/0000-0002-3410-812X/work/163397985https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733797498An 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.5en200210.1364/OPN.13.2.0000590036488198