Stationary pulse propagation in n-core nonlinear fiber arrays

Author

Buryak, A.V. ; Akhmediev, N.N.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Adv. Studies, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia

Volume

31

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

682

Lastpage

688

Abstract

We investigate, analytically and numerically, stationary pulse propagation in n-core nonlinear fiber arrays of circular symmetry. It is shown that many types of stationary pulse-like solitary waves exist in these arrays. Transitions between the states of different symmetries occur in the form of bifurcations. The exact formula which specifies the points where asymmetric solutions bifurcate from the solution, which has identical pulses in each core, is obtained for the general n-core case. Energy-spatial frequency bifurcation diagrams are constructed for the lowest order soliton solutions for the n=3, 4, and 5 cases. The envelopes of these solutions and distributions of their field amplitude maxima among the cores are also presented

Keywords

bifurcation; nonlinear optics; optical chaos; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; bifurcations; circular symmetry; energy-spatial frequency bifurcation diagrams; exact formula; field amplitude maxima; lowest order soliton solutions; n-core nonlinear fiber arrays; stationary pulse propagation; stationary pulse-like solitary waves; Bifurcation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Multicore processing; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical fiber couplers; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.371943

Filename

371943