Solitons in Optical Fibers: Fundamentals and ApplicationsSolitons 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 |
Contents
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Dispersionmanaged Solitons | 23 |
Spontaneous Emission and Its Effects | 47 |
Soliton Interactions | 103 |
Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Ordinary Solitons | 127 |
Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Dispersion managed Solitons | 149 |
Polarization and Its Effects | 179 |
Hardware and Measurement Techniques | 195 |
A Sample Maple Program for the ODE Method | 229 |
A Brief History of Solitons | 241 |
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Solitons in Optical Fibers: Fundamentals and Applications Linn Frederick Mollenauer,James P. Gordon No preview available - 2006 |
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Aeff amplitude bandwidth birefringence bit error rate bit period bit rate channel spacing Chapter chirp co-polarized collision components corresponding cross-phase modulation curve dense WDM detector dispersion compensation dispersion management dispersion map dispersion-managed solitons dispersion-shifted fiber effect erbium error rates etalon eye diagrams factor Figure four-wave mixing frequency shift Gaussian Gbit/s Gordon–Haus group velocity guiding filters input intensity profile interaction jitter L. F. Mollenauer laser Lcoll length Lett linear loop loss lossless fiber measured modulator NLS equation nonlinear term Note numerical simulation optical fibers ordinary solitons orthogonally polarized output path-average peak phase shift photons plots propagation ps/nm-km pulse behavior pulse width Raman gain result Section shown in Fig sidebands signal sliding-frequency Smap soliton transmission soliton units spectral Stokes vector temporal lens tends transmission line unchirped pulse wave wavelength wavenumber Wsol zero
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Optical Fiber Telecommunications VB: Systems and Networks Ivan Kaminow,Tingye Li,Alan E. Willner No preview available - 2010 |