Solitons in Optical Fibers (eBook)

Fundamentals and Applications

James P. Gordon, Linn F. Mollenauer (Autoren)

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2006 | 1. Auflage
296 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-046506-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Solitons are waves that retain their form through obstacle and distance. Solitons can be found in hydrodynamics, nonlinear optics, plasma physics, and biology. Optical solitons are solitary light waves that hold their form over an expansive interval. Conservation of this form creates an effective model for long distance voice and data transmission.

The application of this principle is essential to the technology of wired communications. Optical solitons produce crystal clear phone calls cross-country and internationally. It is because of these that someone on the other end of the phone sounds 'in the next room.' It is also pertinent to high-speed network information transmittal.

Mollenauer and Gordon have written the only text that an engineer or graduate student will need to understand this foundation subject in optics.

*Written by Linn Mollenauer and James Gordon who are celebrated for applying optical solitons to telecommnications
*Combines mathematical developments with well-chosen practical examples and design formulas
*Extensive material on the basic physics of fiber optic transmission and its practical applications

Inhalt

Cover 1
About the Authors 6
Contents 8
Preface 14
1 The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation and Ordinary Solitons 18
Introduction 18
Fiber Dispersion and Nonlinearity 21
The NLS Equation: Derivation and Fundamental Consequences 26
The Soliton 32
2 Dispersion-managed Solitons 40
Introduction 40
Pulse Behavior in Maps Having Gain and Loss 53
Map Scaling to Higher Bit Rates 60
Dispersion-managed Solitons: Summary 61
3 Spontaneous Emission and Its Effects 64
Some Basic Concepts 64
Optical Amplifiers 72
ASE Growth in a Chain of Ampli.ers and Fiber Spans 77
ASE-induced Errors 84
Frequency-guiding Filters 102
4 Soliton Interactions 120
Soliton–soliton Collisions in WDM 120
Applications of the Inverse Scattering Transform 129
5 Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Ordinary Solitons 144
Introduction 144
Effects of Periodic Loss and Variable Dispersion 145
Analytical Theory of Collisions in Perturbed Spans 147
Dispersion-tapered Fiber Spans 151
Pseudo Phase Matching of Four-wave Mixing in WDM 152
Control of Collision-induced Timing Displacements 157
Effects of Polarization 158
Gain Equalization with Guiding Filters 159
Experimental Con.rmation 161
6 Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Dispersion- managed Solitons 166
Soliton–soliton Collisions 166
Experimental Tests 186
7 Polarization and Its Effects 196
Apologia 196
Polarization States and the Stokes–Poincaré Picture 196
Linear Birefringence of Transmission Fibers 198
Soliton Propagation 203
Polarization Scattering by Soliton–soliton Collisions 206
8 Hardware and Measurement Techniques 212
Soliton Sources 212
The Temporal Lens 217
Clock Recovery 223
Dispersion Measurement 225
Accurate Measurement of Pulse Widths Using a Detector with Finite Response Time 235
Flat Raman Gain for Dense WDM 238
Appendix A A Sample Maple Program for the ODE Method 246
A.1. Introduction 246
A.2. The Maple Program 249
Appendix B A Brief History of Solitons 258
B.1. Apologia 258
B.2. The Beginning: John Scott Russell and His Discovery 258
B.3. Solitons in Optical Fibers 261
B.4. The Soliton Legacy 273
References 278
Index 288

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-046506-4 / 0080465064
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-046506-7 / 9780080465067