Chirped nonlinear pulse propagation in a dispersion-compensated system
- 15 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (22) , 1689-1691
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001689
Abstract
We study nonlinear pulse propagation in an optical transmission system with dispersion compensation. A chirped nonlinear pulse can propagate in such a system, but eventually it decays into dispersive waves in a way similar to the tunneling effect in quantum mechanics. The pulse consists of a quadratic potential that is due to chirp in addition to the usual self-trapping potential and is responsible for the power enhancement and the decay.Keywords
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