Title :
How can modulational instability generate solitons?
Author :
Mahnke, Ch ; Mitschke, F.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Phys., Univ. Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Abstract :
Modulational instability converts cw light in a fiber into a train of pulses. We obtain its scattering eigenvalue spectrum and show that the pulses are not solitons. Raman shift can convert them to solitons, though.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; Raman shift; cw light; modulational instability; optical fiber; pulse train; scattering eigenvalue spectrum; soliton generation; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
