Università Roma Tre

Introduction and concept, models and applications of optical solitons and solitary waves, with reference to temporal confinemnet of pulses and spatial confinement of light beams, for opto-optical processing and propagation of non-dispersive wavepackets. Experimental and application-oriented examples will be provided in optical fibers and liquid crystals. The modern electronics engineer will be able to understand and handle advanced generations of all-optical signal processors.