title: Solitonlike optical switching in a circular fiber array.
abstract: We show numerically that a solitonlike propagation behavior in a self-focusing nonlinear fiber array can be used for efficient optical switching. Initial phase modulation of only five fibers is used for switching control.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Królikowski
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Trutschel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cronin-Golomb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Hattenberger