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arxiv: nlin/0408047 · v1 · submitted 2004-08-26 · 🌊 nlin.PS

All-optical switching and amplification of discrete vector solitons in nonlinear cubic birefringent waveguide arrays

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We study all-optical switching based on the dynamical properties of discrete vector solitons in waveguide arrays. We employ the concept of the polarization mode instability and demonstrate simultaneous switching and amplification of a weak signal by a strong pump of the other polarization.

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