Title :
Nonlinear effects in fibre communications: an overview
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
This introduction to the subject of the Colloquium reviews some basic concepts in nonlinear optics as applied to fibres, principally the Kerr second order nonlinearity and stimulated Raman scattering
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical modulation; phase modulation; reviews; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; Kerr second order nonlinearity; fibre communications; four-wave mixing; nonlinear optics; self phase modulation; soliton self frequency shift; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Non-Linear Effects in Fibre Communications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
