Title :
Soliton instabilities and pulse compression in minimum dispersion fibers
Author :
Höök, Anders ; Karlsson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Electromag. Field Theory, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new stability of ultrashort pulses in optical fibers is demonstrated which, together with a recently discovered modulation instability, is shown to deteriorate a pulse compression mechanism. The pulse compression is analyzed in detail by means of a perturbation technique
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; optical solitons; perturbation techniques; minimum dispersion fibers; modulation instability; optical fibers; perturbation technique; pulse compression mechanism; soliton instabilities; ultrashort pulses; Equations; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Raman scattering; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of