Guiding of dynamically modulated signals in arrays of photorefractive spatial solitons

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Träger, Denis ^a,b,c   Sagemerten, Nina ^b,d   Denz, Cornelia ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster ^*  (Germany)

^d Graduate School Nonlinear Continuous Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Data transmission; Modulated signals; Optical spatial solitons; Photorefractive media; Waveguiding

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION; MODULATED SIGNALS; OPTICAL SPATIAL SOLITONS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MEDIA; WAVEGUIDING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SOLITONS;

EID: 33745018407     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.871957     Document Type: Article

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