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Optics Letters

Suppression of interactions in a phase-locked soliton optical memory

Stefan W. Wabnitz

Published Apr 15, 1993• 196 citations
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Abstract

A perturbative and numerical analysis reveals the conditions for suppressing the interaction between adjacent phase-locked solitons in a soliton optical memory. This may permit the permanent storage of a soliton bit pattern in a diffractive or dispersive ring cavity.
DOI
10.1364/ol.18.000601

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