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Modern Physics Letters B

POWER-LOSSLESS CHANNEL SWITCH BASED ON LATTICE SOLITONS

Yun‐tuan Fang, Zhengbiao Ouyang

Published Jan 30, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We propose an all-optical channel switch based on lattice solitons with weak light to control an intense light. Through adjusting the power, position and incident angle of the controlling light, the signal light can be switched to different channels. In the switching process, the signal light loses little energy.
DOI
10.1142/s0217984910022378

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