Title :
Modulational instability induced by loss dispersion in optical fiber
Author :
Tanemura, Takuo ; Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We obtain a closed-form expression of modulational-instability gain in an optical fiber with arbitrary loss/gain and group-velocity dispersions. It reveals that instability is induced by the loss dispersion even in the normal group-velocity dispersion regime.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; closed-form expression; group-velocity dispersions; loss dispersion; modulational instability; optical fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
