\\\"Solitons\\\" - compactly packed waves similar to an electromagnetic tsunami, which behave like particles: Internet revolution

A team of Swiss and Russian physicists have developed a new microchip that can replace the use of complex laser equipment in everything from atomic clocks to telecommunications
a chip that generates femtosecond pulses of light with a special frequency spectrum called an optical comb, that is, to do what was possible to achieve only with large and complex laser systems
use of \\\"solitons,\\\" or compactly packed waves similar to an electromagnetic tsunami, which behave like particles.
The difference, of course, is great. If the mode-locked lasers to generate pulses use sophisticated optical devices, media and special mirrors, we get the same stable pulses in a simple passive resonators embedded in a microchip and having a size not more than 100-200 microns

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