The accuracy of boundary conditions in finite-difference analysis of pulse propagation in optical fiber

Author

Pilinsky, Soiija Zentiier ; Sumichrast, Lubomir ; Sipus, Zvonimir

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., Zagreb Univ., Croatia

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

23

Abstract

Boundary conditions in finite differences numerical model of pulse propagation along the optical link are studied in the paper. The description and comparison of zero boundary conditions (ZBC), absorbing boundary conditions (ABC) and transparent boundary conditions (TBC) are given. Several simulation examples are listed illustrating the fact that ABC should be chosen as the most accurate solution for more demanding optical links where fiber nonlinearities are also involved.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; boundary-value problems; finite difference methods; optical fibre networks; optical fibre theory; absorbing boundary conditions; accurate solution; boundary conditions accuracy; fiber nonlinearities; finite-difference analysis; optical fiber; optical link; pulse propagation; transparent boundary conditions; zero boundary conditions; Boundary conditions; Equations; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Finite difference methods; Numerical models; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2004. MELECON 2004. Proceedings of the 12th IEEE Mediterranean

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8271-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2004.1346761

Filename

1346761