Title :
Effect of axial inhomogeneity on solitons near the zero dispersion point
Author :
Wai, P.K.A. ; Menyuk, C.R. ; Chen, H.H. ; Lee, Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
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.<>
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical fibres; solitons; axial inhomogeneity; correlation length; second-order dispersion lengths; solitons; third-order dispersion lengths; zero dispersion point; Bit rate; Fluctuations; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Pulse amplifiers; Robustness; Silicon compounds; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
