Phase detecting of solitons by mixing with a continuous-wave background in an optical fiber

Year: 1992

Authors: Akhmediev N.N., Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, United States; Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via Baldassarre Castiglione 59, Rome, 00142, Italy; F V Lukin Research and Development Institute of Physical Problems, Zelenograd, Moscow, 103460, Russian Federation

Abstract: Whenever a bright soliton is superimposed onto a much longer pulse or a continuous wave optical at the input of an fiber, its nonlinear propagation in the anomalous dispersion regime of the fiber critically depends on the relative phase at input of the two pulses. Whenever the relative phase between the pulses is in the range [-p/2, p/2], a stable solitonlike waveform is formed. Otherwise the soliton pulse rapidly decays into dispersive waves. We describe the potential of this effect for coherent-phase detection of solitons, optical-pulse compres- sion, and all-optical switching. We also discuss the influence on the propagation of solitons plus a background of perturbations such as modulational instability and the Raman self-scattering effect.

Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS

Volume: 9 (2)      Pages from: 236  to: 242

KeyWords: Disperisive dielectric fibers; Self-frequency shift
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.9.000236

Citations: 38
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