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In 1973 it was suggested that optical fibers could propagate solitons. An optical fiber made of silicon dioxide glass with a germanium-doped core is...



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Figure 1.Two solitons before, during, and after collision. The scales of distance, time, and intensity are in arbitrary units.
Figure 2.Nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. (a) Diagram of device. (b) Analogous Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Figure 3.Pulse-activated all-optical switch.