Polarization instabilities of dark and bright coupled solitary waves in birefringent optical fibers
Anno: 1990
Autori: Wabnitz S., Wright E.M., Stegeman G.I.
Affiliazione autori: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via Baldassarre Castiglione 59, 00142 Rome, Italy; Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
Abstract: We investigate the stability of the propagation of bright and dark coupled solitary waves that may travel in the orthogonal polarization modes of a birefringent nonlinear optical fiber. In the anomalous dispersion regime, the coupled-solitary-wave decay is self-induced by modulational polarization instability of the dark component background pulse. In the normal dispersion regime, stable propagation only occurs for distances of the order of one linear beat length. We identify different instability mechanisms such as gray soliton formation, polarization wave breaking, polarization dispersion, and self-stimulated Raman scattering that leads to asymmetric coupled-solitary-wave breakup.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 41 (11) Da Pagina: 6415 A: 6424
Parole chiavi: PolarizationDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.41.6415Citazioni: 23dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-21Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui