DocumentCode
280541
Title
Nonlinear effects in fibre communications: an overview
Author
Garrett, I.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fYear
1990
fDate
33197
Firstpage
42370
Lastpage
42375
Abstract
This introduction to the subject of the Colloquium reviews some basic concepts in nonlinear optics as applied to fibres, principally the Kerr second order nonlinearity and stimulated Raman scattering
Keywords
nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical modulation; phase modulation; reviews; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering; Kerr second order nonlinearity; fibre communications; four-wave mixing; nonlinear optics; self phase modulation; soliton self frequency shift; solitons; stimulated Raman scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Non-Linear Effects in Fibre Communications, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
Filename
190870
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