Open AccessNonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers using second order moments
Author(s) -
Bryan Burgoyne,
Nicolas Godbout,
Suzanne Lacroix
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.15.010075
Subject(s) - optics , dispersion (optics) , pulse (music) , self phase modulation , nonlinear system , chirp , physics , bandwidth limited pulse , optical fiber , pulse shaping , nonlinear optics , ultrashort pulse , laser , quantum mechanics , detector
We present simple yet efficient formulae for the propagation of the second order moments of a pulse in a nonlinear and dispersive optical fiber over many dispersion and nonlinear lengths. The propagation of the temporal and spectral widths, chirp and power of pulses are very precisely approximated and quickly calculated in both dispersion regimes as long as the pulses are not high order solitons.