Energy transfers and frequency shifts from three soliton collisions in a multiplexed transmission line with periodic amplification

Author

Evangelides, S.G., Jr. ; Gordon, J.P.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

14

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1639

Lastpage

1643

Abstract

In this paper, we show that there can be four wave mixing between three solitons having different, but equally spaced, frequencies. While this does not happen with solitons in a uniform lossless fiber, we show that in a transmission line with loss and periodically placed amplifiers, it can happen. The spatial periodicity of the transmission line serves to phase match the four wave mixing of the three solitons. This results in permanent frequency shifts for two of the three solitons and energy exchanges between all three solitons

Keywords

multiplexing; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; energy exchange; energy transfers; equally spaced; four wave mixing; frequency shifts; multiplexed transmission line; optical fiber communication; periodic amplification; periodically placed amplifiers; permanent frequency shifts; phase match; spatial periodicity; three soliton collisions; transmission line; uniform lossless fiber; Four-wave mixing; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Resonance; Solitons; Transmission lines; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.507939

Filename

507939