All-optical switching and amplification of discrete vector solitons in nonlinear cubic birefringent waveguide arrays

Abstract

We study all-optical switching based on the dynamical properties of discrete vector solitons in waveguide arrays. We employ the concept of the polarization mode instability and demonstrate simultaneous switching and amplification of a weak signal by a strong pump of the other polarization.

arXiv comment12 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Optics Letters

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