Solitons in optical fibers : fundamentals and applications / Linn F. Mollenauer and James P. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mollenauer, L. F. (Linn Frederick), 1937-

Contributor:

Gordon, James P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Optical fibers.

Solitons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Front cover; Solitons in Optical Fibers; Copyright Page; About the Authors; Contents; Preface; The Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation and Ordinary Solitons; Introduction; Fiber Dispersion and Nonlinearity; The NLS Equation: Derivation and Fundamental Consequences; The Soliton; Dispersion-managed Solitons; Introduction; Pulse Behavior in Maps Having Gain and Loss; Map Scaling to Higher Bit Rates; Dispersion-managed Solitons: Summary; Spontaneous Emission and Its Effects; Some Basic Concepts; Optical Amplifiers; ASE Growth in a Chain of Ampli.ers and Fiber Spans; ASE-induced Errors

Frequency-guiding FiltersSoliton Interactions; Soliton-soliton Collisions in WDM; Applications of the Inverse Scattering Transform; Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Ordinary Solitons; Introduction; Effects of Periodic Loss and Variable Dispersion; Analytical Theory of Collisions in Perturbed Spans; Dispersion-tapered Fiber Spans; Pseudo Phase Matching of Four-wave Mixing in WDM; Control of Collision-induced Timing Displacements; Effects of Polarization; Gain Equalization with Guiding Filters; Experimental Con.rmation; Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Dispersion- managed Solitons

Soliton-soliton CollisionsExperimental Tests; Polarization and Its Effects; Apologia; Polarization States and the Stokes-Poincaré Picture; Linear Birefringence of Transmission Fibers; Soliton Propagation; Polarization Scattering by Soliton-soliton Collisions; Hardware and Measurement Techniques; Soliton Sources; The Temporal Lens; Clock Recovery; Dispersion Measurement; Accurate Measurement of Pulse Widths Using a Detector with Finite Response Time; Flat Raman Gain for Dense WDM; A Sample Maple Program for the ODE Method; A.1. Introduction; A.2. The Maple Program; A Brief History of Solitons

B.1. ApologiaB.2. The Beginning: John Scott Russell and His Discovery; B.3. Solitons in Optical Fibers; B.4. The Soliton Legacy; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-18662-7

9786611186623

0-08-046506-4

OCLC:

171113724