Influence of cross-phase modulation on self-routing pulse switching in nonlinear optical fibers

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-95

  Ramos, Pedro M ^a   Paiva, Carlos R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Birefringent optical fibers; Cross phase modulation; Self routing pulse switching; Twin core fiber couplers; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PHASE MODULATION; SWITCHING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBERS; CROSS PHASE MODULATION (XPM); FINITE DIMENSIONAL HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM; LAGRANGIAN FORMULATION; SELF ROUTING PULSE SWITCHING;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0031554348     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19970605)15:2<91::AID-MOP9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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