Chromatic dispersion characteristics of fibers with optical Kerr-effect nonlinearity

Author

Okamoto, Katsunari ; Marcatili, E.A.J.

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

7

Issue

12

fYear

1989

fDate

12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1988

Lastpage

1994

Abstract

Chromatic dispersions of optical fibers with Kerr-effect nonlinearity are investigated. Under high optical intensity, dispersion characteristics become different from those of the linear state (or weak optical intensity) since the refractive index profile changes in accordance with the intensity profile. Nonlinear dispersion characteristics are calculated for step-index and quadratic profile fibers with core-cladding, core, and cladding nonlinearity. It is shown that although the propagation constant of the step-index fiber increases substantially from the linear value, the group delay and waveguide dispersion do not increase as much

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; refractive index; chromatic dispersion; high optical intensity; intensity profile; nonlinear dispersion characteristics; optical Kerr-effect nonlinearity; quadratic profile fibers; refractive index profile changes; step-index fibres; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Propagation constant; Propagation delay; Refractive index;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.41619

Filename

41619