Three-wave envelope solitons: can the speed of light in the fiber be controlled

Author

Taranenko, Y.N. ; Kazovsky, L.G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

494

Lastpage

497

Abstract

Theory predicts that three-wave envelope solitons (TWESs) can be generated in dual-mode optical fibers by injecting two copropagating lightwaves or a lightwave and a flexural acoustic wave. The mechanism of the three-wave interaction is the recently observed intermodal stimulated forward Brillouin scattering. The velocity of the TWES can be controlled by changing the pump power. Using 200-mW pump power for a typical dual-mode fiber can make the average speed of the light pulse in the fiber as low as 3*10/sup 4/ m/s.<>

Keywords

acoustic waves; multiwave mixing; optical fibres; optical pumping; optical waveguide theory; solitons; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 200 mW; average speed; copropagating lightwaves; dual-mode optical fibers; flexural acoustic wave; intermodal stimulated forward Brillouin scattering; light pulse; lightwave; pump power; speed of light; three-wave envelope solitons; three-wave interaction; Acoustic waves; Brillouin scattering; Delta modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Lighting control; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.136498

Filename

136498