A novel method for analysis of soliton propagation in optical fibers

Author

Ghafouri-Shiraz, H. ; Shum, P. ; Nagata, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Birmingham Univ., UK

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

190

Lastpage

200

Abstract

We have proposed a new technique to analyze the propagation behavior of solitons in an optical fiber. This technique is based on the Fourier series analysis technique (FSAT) which can consider fiber loss and third-order dispersion. Using this technique, the propagation of solitons in an optical fiber has been investigated. The results compare well with the well-known split-step Fourier method (SSFM). We found that for a given computational accuracy, in order to obtain the same results, we need fewer sampling points for FSAT compared with the SSFM

Keywords

Fourier series; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; Fourier series analysis technique; computational accuracy; fewer sampling points; fiber loss; optical fibers; propagation behavior; soliton propagation; split-step Fourier method; third-order dispersion; Fourier series; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Perturbation methods; Propagation losses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.341725

Filename

341725