Polarisation stability of Kerr optical solitons: a comparison of birefringent fibre and semiconductor waveguide

Author

Hutchings, D.C. ; Arnold, J.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

6-10 Aug. 2000

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

73

Abstract

Coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations are developed to describe dual-polarisation solitons in birefringent optical fibres and semiconductor slab waveguides. A linear stability analysis provides analytic results for stability thresholds and the stationary soliton solutions.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; birefringence; light polarisation; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; optical solitons; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; stability; Kerr optical solitons; birefringent fibre; birefringent optical fibres; coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations; dual-polarisation solitons; linear stability analysis; polarisation stability; semiconductor slab waveguides; semiconductor waveguide; stability thresholds; stationary soliton solutions; Birefringence; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Schrodinger equation; Slabs; Stability analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-646-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.2000.883578

Filename

883578