Abstract
An overview of the basic properties of optical solitons was presented. Solitons exist by virtue of very strong nonlinear coupling between radiation and matter. They are also a manifestation of a wave particle duality on a macroscopic scale, exhibiting both particlelike and wavelike properties. The advantages of the solitons for designing smaller all-optical logical gates were also discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 59-63 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | 13 |
| No. | 2 |
| Specialist publication | Optics and Photonics News |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2002 |