Optical Solitons: Theoretical And Experimental Challenges (lecture Notes In Physics)

Annotation Optical Solitons represent one of the most exciting and fascinating concepts in modern communications, arousing special interest due to their potential applications in optical fibre communication. This volume focuses on the explicit integration of analytical and experimental methods in nonlinear fibre optics and integrated optics. It covers all important recent technical issues in optical-soliton communication. For example, individual chapters are devoted to topics such as dispersion management and fibre Bragg grating. All authors are leading authorities in their fields Introduction....Pages 1-7 Optical Soliton Theory and Its Applications in Communication....Pages 9-31 Linear and Nonlinear Propagation Effects in Optical Fibers....Pages 33-70 Nonlinear Waves in Optical Waveguides and Soliton Theory Applications....Pages 71-104 Solitons Around Us: Integrable, Hamiltonian and Dissipative Systems....Pages 105-126 System Analysis Using the Split Operator Method....Pages 127-140 Multicomponent Higher Order Bright Soliton Solutions and Shape Changing Collisions in Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations....Pages 141-164 Mathematical Modelling in Fiber and Waveguide Grating Structures....Pages 165-184 Theory of Gap Solitons in Short Period Gratings....Pages 185-206 Impact of Stimulated Raman Scattering in High-Speed Long-Distance Transmission Lines....Pages 207-225 Quasi-linear Optical Pulses in Dispersion Managed Fibers: Propagation and Interaction....Pages 227-245 Bi-Soliton Propagating in Dispersion-Managed System and Its Application to High Speed and Long Haul Optical Transmission....Pages 247-264 Optical Fiber Soliton Lasers....Pages 265-297 Nonlinear Phenomena with Ultra-Broadband Optical Radiation in Photonic Crystal Fibers and Hollow Waveguides....Pages 299-325 Experimental Study of Modulational Instability and Vector Solitons in Optical Fibers....Pages 327-351 Self-structuration of Three-Wave Dissipative Solitons in CW-Pumped Backward Optical Parametric Oscillators....Pages 353-371 Spatial Semiconductor-Resonator Solitons....Pages 373-390 Propagation and Diffraction of Picosecond Acoustic Wave Packets in the Soliton Regime....Pages 391-406 The optical soliton in fibers is probably the best studied form of a soliton because of its remarkable behavior that agrees well with theoretical predictions and its potential as optical information carrier.