• 文献标题:   Graphene-based solitons for spatial division multiplexed switching
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GEORGE JK, SORGER VJ
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0146-9592 EI 1539-4794
  • 通讯作者地址:   George Washington Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1364/OL.42.000787
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Spatial division multiplexing utilizes the directionality of the light's propagating k-vector to separate it into distinct spatial directions. Here, we show that the anisotropy of orthogonal spatial solitons propagating in a single graphene monolayer results in phase-based multiplexing. We use the self-confinement properties of spatial solitons to increase the usable density of states (DOS) of this switching system. Furthermore, we show that crossing two orthogonal solitons exhibits a low (0.035 dB) mutual disturbance from another enabling independent k-vector switching. The efficient utilization of the DOS and multiplexing in real space enables data processing parallelism with applications in optical networking and computing. (C) 2017 Optical Society of America