Nonlinear fiber optics /
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
©1995.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Optics and photonics
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Table of Contents:
- Historical Perspective
- Fiber Characteristics
- Material and Fabrication
- Fiber Losses
- Chromatic Dispersion
- Polarization-Mode Dispersion
- Fiber Nonlinearities
- Nonlinear Refraction
- Stimulated Inelastic Scattering
- Importance of Nonlinear Effects
- Pulse Propagation in Fibers
- Maxwell's Equations
- Fiber Modes
- Eigenvalue Equation
- Single-Mode Condition
- Characteristics of the Fundamental Mode
- Pulse-Propagation Equation
- Nonlinear Pulse Propagation
- Higher-Order Nonlinear Effects
- Numerical Methods
- Split-Step Fourier Method
- Finite-Difference Methods
- Group-Velocity Dispersion
- Different Propagation Regimes
- Dispersion-Induced Pulse Broadening
- Gaussian Pulses
- Chirped Gaussian Pulses
- Hyperbolic-Secant Pulses
- Super-Gaussian Pulses
- Experimental Results
- Third-Order Dispersion
- Changes in Pulse Shape
- Broadening Factor
- Arbitrary-Shape Pulses
- Ultrashort-Pulse Measurements
- Dispersion Management
- GVD-Induced Limitations
- Dispersion Compensation
- Compensation of Third-Order Dispersion
- Self-Phase Modulation
- SPM-Induced Spectral Broadening
- Nonlinear Phase Shift
- Changes in Pulse Spectra
- Effect of Pulse Shape and Initial Chirp
- Effect of Partial Coherence
- Effect of Group-Velocity Dispersion
- Pulse Evolution
- Broadening Factor
- Optical Wave Breaking
- Experimental Results
- Effect of Third-Order Dispersion
- Higher-Order Nonlinear Effects
- Self-Steepening
- Effect of GVD on Optical Shocks.