Title :
Vacuum-induced fluctuations of Manakov solitons based on a linearization approximation
Author :
Rand, Darren ; Steiglitz, Ken ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We investigate analytically the vacuum-induced fluctuations in Manakov soliton propagation and collision, demonstrating the extent of wave packet spreading and phase diffusion.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; fluctuations; linearisation techniques; nonlinear equations; optical solitons; quantum theory; Manakov solitons; coupled quantum nonlinear Schrodinger equation; linearization approximation; phase diffusion; soliton collision; soliton propagation; vacuum-induced fluctuations; wave packet spreading; Couplings; Elementary particle vacuum; Fluctuations; Linear approximation; Logic; Nonlinear equations; Optical waveguides; Quantum computing; Semiconductor device noise; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363397
