Phase-induced soliton switching in fiber nonlinear directional couplers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Sarma, Amarendra K ^a   Kumar, Ajit ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Intermodal dispersion; Nonlinear directional coupler; Phase induced soliton switching; Raman effect; Self steepening; Third order dispersion

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE MODULATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

INTERMODAL DISPERSION; NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; PHASE INDUCED SOLITON SWITCHING; THIRD-ORDER DISPERSION;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

EID: 36749031094     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2802081     Document Type: Article

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