Title :
Soliton-like thermal shock-waves in optical fibres: origin of periodic damage tracks
Author :
Hand, D.P. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fibre Group, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The periodic damage track left after the passage of a soliton-like thermal shock-wave along an optical fibre is shown to arise through mode focusing in the thermal lens created by the shock-wave
Keywords :
focusing; optical fibres; shock waves; solitons; thermo-optical effects; mode focusing; optical fibres; periodic damage tracks; soliton-like thermal shock-wave; thermal lens;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
