Vector soliton switching by using the cascade connection of saturable absorbers

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3137-3139

  Gomez Alcala, R ^a   Dengra, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR POLARIZERS; NONLINEAR AMPLIFYING LOOP MIRRORS; VECTOR SOLITON PULSES;

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SOLITONS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 33751310165     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.003137     Document Type: Article

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