Effect of axial inhomogeneity on solitons near the zero dispersion point

It is shown both numerically and analytically that solitons emerge from initial pulses in the neighborhood of the zero dispersion point even when axial inhomogeneity causes large fluctuations in the zero dispersion point's location. The criterion for soliton propagation in this regime is that t...

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Published inIEEE journal of quantum electronics Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 373 - 381
Main Authors Wai, P.K.A., Menyuk, C.R., Chen, H.H., Lee, Y.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.02.1988
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied sciences
Bit rate
Circuit properties
Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Fluctuations
Frequency
Optical and optoelectronic circuits
Optical fiber dispersion
Optical fibers
Optical propagation
Pulse amplifiers
Robustness
Silicon compounds
Solitons
Soliton
Wave propagation
Zero dispersion point
Optical pulse
Light dispersion
Optical fiber
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Summary:It is shown both numerically and analytically that solitons emerge from initial pulses in the neighborhood of the zero dispersion point even when axial inhomogeneity causes large fluctuations in the zero dispersion point's location. The criterion for soliton propagation in this regime is that the correlation length of the variations is much shorter than the second-order and the third-order dispersion lengths.< >
ISSN:0018-9197
1558-1713
DOI:10.1109/3.134