Optimization of the split-step Fourier method in modeling optical-fiber communications systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-68

  Sinkin, Oleg V ^a   Holzlöhner, Ronald ^a   Zweck, John ^a   Menyuk, Curtis R ^a,b  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b PhotonEx Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive algorithms; Numerical analysis; Optical fiber communication simulation; Optical propagation; Optical solitons; Software performance; Split step Fourier method (SSFM); Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FOURIER OPTICS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PULSE MODULATION; SOLITONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION; OPTICAL SOLITONS; SPLIT STEP FOURIER METHOD;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0344519547     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.808628     Document Type: Article

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