title: All optical quasi-steady-state photorefractive spatial solitons
abstract: We have created a one- (rather than two-) dimensional quasi-steady-state photorefractive spatial soliton induced by a laser beam instead of an applied electric field. The formation of this type of spatial soliton depends on the intensity of the self-trapped beam, which is different from quasi-steady-state spatial solitons reported in the literature. The optically induced spatial soliton can be exploited in all optical switching applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China.
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: She
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee