All-optical switches, unidirectional flow, and logic gates with discrete solitons in waveguide arrays
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All-optical switches, unidirectional flow, and logic gates with discrete solitons in waveguide arrays.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Optics Express
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.011062