Storage by trapping and spatial staggering of multiple interacting solitons in $\Lambda$ -type media

Beeker, Willem P. and Lee, Chris J. and Can, Edip and Boller, Klaus-J. (2010) Storage by trapping and spatial staggering of multiple interacting solitons in $\Lambda$ -type media. ArXiv.org (0907.3).

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Abstract:	In this paper we investigate the properties of self induced transparency (SIT) solitons, propagating in a �-type medium. We �nd that the interaction between SIT solitons can lead to trapping with their phase preserved in the ground state coherence of the medium. These phases can be altered in a systematic way by the application of appropriate light �elds, such as additional SIT solitons. Furthermore, multiple independent SIT solitons can be made to propagate as bi-solitons through their mutual interaction with a separate light �eld. Finally, we demonstrate that control of the SIT soliton phase can be used to implement an optical exclusive-or gate.
Item Type:	Article
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics (LPNO)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/72903
Official URL:	http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3040
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Storage by trapping and spatial staggering of multiple interacting solitons in -type media