New method of controlling the power of a Gaussian optical pulse through an electro-optic modulator and a nonlinear waveguide for generation of solitons

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Sinha, Abhijit ^a   Bhowmik, Harihar ^a   Kuila, Puspendu ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Souranshu ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electro optic material; Group velocity dispersion (GVD); Isotropic media; Nonlinear media; Self phase modulation (SPM); Soliton

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; SOLITONS;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD); ISOTROPIC MEDIA; NONLINEAR MEDIA; NONLINEAR WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL PULSES; SELF PHASE MODULATION (SPM);

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 24344453384     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1921207     Document Type: Article

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