WIAS Preprint No. 1249, (2007)

Effect of higher-order dispersion on modulation instability, soliton propagation and pulse splitting



Authors

  • Demircan, Ayhan
  • Pietrzyk, Monika
  • Bandelow, Uwe
    ORCID: 0000-0003-3677-2347

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 35Q55 35Q60 78A60

2008 Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme

  • 42.81.Dp, 42.65.Sf

Keywords

  • nonlinear fibers, pulse splitting, third-order dispersion, Modulation instability

DOI

10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.1249

Abstract

By solving numerically the extended nonlinear Schrödinger equation we investigate the influence of higher-order dispersion effects on the propagation of optical pulses in highly nonlinear fibers. In the anomalous dispersion regime third-order dispersion can, in general, induce soliton fission and yields asymmetric spectra, whereas modulation instability can be slightly suppressed. In the normal dispersion regime we demonstrate pulse splitting by third-order dispersion, as well as its later suppression by fourth-order dispersion.

Appeared in

  • Opt. Quantum Electron., 40 (2008) pp. 455-460.

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