title: All-optical switching and amplification of discrete vector solitons in nonlinear cubic birefringent waveguide arrays.
abstract: We study all-optical switching based on the dynamic properties of discrete vector solitons in waveguide arrays. We employ the concept of polarization mode instability and demonstrate simultaneous switching and amplification of a weak signal by a strong pump of the opposite polarization.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile. rodrigov@fisica.ciencias.uchile.cl
authors.forename: Rodrigo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vicencio
authors.forename: Mario I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Yuri S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kivshar