Optical solitons: Perspectives and applications |
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Authors: | Ablowitz Mark J Biondini Gino Ostrovsky Lev A |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 526, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0526. |
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Abstract: | This article serves as an introduction to the focus issue on optical solitons. After a short review of the history of solitons and the field of integrable systems, a brief overview of the development of nonlinear optics and optical solitons is provided. Next, the various contributions to this focus issue are presented, and a few separate remarks are devoted to optical communications, where solitons promise to play a decisive role in the next generation of commercial systems. (c) 2000 American Institute of Physics. |
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