Title :
Gaussian pulse propagation in nonlinear optical fibre
Author :
Chu, P.L. ; Desem, C.
Author_Institution :
University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Kensington, Australia
Abstract :
It is shown that the mutual interaction of Gaussian pulses propagating in a nonlinear optical fibre is much less than that in the case of solitons. Thus a 50% increase in fibre bandwidth is obtained if Gaussian pulses are used instead of solitons.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; Gaussian pulses; fibre bandwidth; mutual interaction; nonlinear optical fibre; optical waveguide theory;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830650
