Stability of solitons in randomly varying birefringent fibers

Ping Kong Alexander Wai; C. R. Menyuk; H. H. Chen

doi:10.1364/OL.16.001231

Stability of solitons in randomly varying birefringent fibers

Ping Kong Alexander Wai, C. R. Menyuk, H. H. Chen

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Abstract

The effects of randomly varying birefringence on solitons are studied. It is shown analytically that the evolution equation can be reduced to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation if the variation length is much shorter than the soliton period. The soliton does not split at high values of the average birefringence, but it does undergo spreading and loss of polarization. A soliton with a temporally constant initial state of polarization is still largely polarized after 40z0 if the normalized birefringence is δ ≤ 1.3.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1231-1233
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	16
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.001231
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 1991
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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