Light Bullet Creation, Routing, and Control with Pl anar Waveguide Arrays

A theoretical model of the mode-locking of light bullets in a planar slab waveguide array is pre- sented. The model yields three dimensional localized solutions that act as global attractors for particular parameter values. The these solutions can be con- trolled via non-uniformities in the gain applied to the array. This manipulation is robust and allows for bul- let routing as well as the production of the NAND and NOR logic gates.

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