Applications of Nonlinear Fiber Optics (eBook)

Govind P. Agrawal (Autor)

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2001 | 1. Auflage
459 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-049922-2 (ISBN)

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Most of the material in this volume is new. The first three chapters deal with three important fiber-optic components--fiber-based gratings, couplers, and interferometers--that serve as the building blocks of lightwave technology. In view of the enormous impact of rare-earth-doped fibers, amplifiers and lasers made by using such fibers are covered in Chapters 4 and 5. The last three chapters describe important applications of nonlinear fiber optics and are devoted to pulse-compression techniques, fiber-optic communication systems, and soliton-based transmission schemes. This volume should serve well the need of the scientific community interested in such fields as ultrafast phenomena, optical amplifiers and lasers, and optical communications. It will also be useful to graduate students as well as scientists and engineers involved in lightwave technology.

* Training resource for engineers involved with lightwave technology
* Covers the importance of nonlinear effects in designing WDM lightwave systems
* Up to date information for researchers

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 8
Preface 14
Chapter 1. Fiber Gratings 16
1.1 Basic Concepts 16
1.2 Fabrication Techniques 20
1.3 Grating Characteristics 26
1.4 CW Nonlinear Effects 37
1.5 Modulation Instability 42
1.6 Nonlinear Pulse Propagation 48
1.7 Related Periodic Structures 59
Problems 69
References 70
Chapter 2. Fiber Couplers 77
2.1 Coupler Characteristics 77
2.2 Nonlinear Effects 86
2.3 Ultrashort Pulse Propagation 98
2.4 Coupler-Paired Solitons 104
2.5 Extensions and Applications 108
Problems 120
References 121
Chapter 3. Fiber Interferometers 127
3.1 Fabry–Perot and Ring Resonators 127
3.2 Sagnac Interferometers 139
3.3 Mach–Zehnder Interferometers 153
3.4 Michelson Interferometers 157
Problems 159
References 160
Chapter 4. Fiber Amplifiers 166
4.1 Basic Concepts 166
4.2 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers 173
4.3 Dispersive and Nonlinear Effects 181
4.4 Modulation Instability 186
4.5 Optical Solitons 192
4.6 Pulse Amplification 199
Problems 208
References 209
Chapter 5. Fiber Lasers 216
5.1 Basic Concepts 216
5.2 CW Fiber Lasers 223
5.3 Short-Pulse Fiber Lasers 233
5.4 Passive Mode Locking 244
5.5 Role of Fiber Nonlinearity and Dispersion 256
Problems 264
References 265
Chapter 6. Pulse Compression 278
6.1 Physical Mechanism 278
6.2 Grating-Fiber Compressors 281
6.3 Soliton-Effect Compressors 295
6.4 Fiber Bragg Gratings 302
6.5 Chirped-Pulse Amplification 307
6.6 Dispersion-Decreasing Fibers 309
6.7 Other Compression Techniques 314
Problems 323
References 324
Chapter 7. Fiber-Optic Communications 334
7.1 System Basics 334
7.2 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering 341
7.3 Stimulated Raman Scattering 345
7.4 Self-Phase Modulation 350
7.5 Cross-Phase Modulation 355
7.6 Four-Wave Mixing 359
7.7 System Design 364
Problems 374
References 375
Chapter 8. Soliton Lightwave Systems 382
8.1 Basic Concepts 382
8.2 Loss-Managed Solitons 391
8.3 Amplifier Noise 401
8.4 Dispersion-Managed Solitons 416
8.5 WDM Soliton Systems 432
Problems 442
References 444
Appendix A Bit-Error Rate 454
Appendix B Acronyms 457
Index 460

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.1.2001
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-049922-8 / 0080499228
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-049922-2 / 9780080499222