Title :
Propagation and switching of ultra-short pulses in nonlinear fiber couplers
Author :
Akhmediev, Nail ; Soto-Crespo, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
Pulse propagation in a dual-core fiber coupler, including the effects of dispersion to second order and self-phase modulation can be described in terms of two linearly-coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical switches; dispersion; dual-core fiber coupler; linearly-coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations; nonlinear fiber couplers; pulse propagation; second order; self-phase modulation; switching; ultra-short pulses; Bifurcation; Couplings; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear equations; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470767
