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Blocking and routing discrete solitons in two-dimensional networks of nonlinear waveguide arrays
D N Christodoulides1, E D Eugenieva
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, USA.
Abstract:
It is shown that discrete solitons can be navigated in two-dimensional networks of nonlinear waveguide arrays. This can be accomplished via vector interactions between two classes of discrete solitons: signals and blockers. Discrete solitons in such two-dimensional networks can exhibit a rich variety of functional operations, e.g., blocking, routing, logic functions, and time gating.
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