Influence of intermodal dispersion on the switching of solitons at different wavelengths in twin-core fiber couplers
JOSA B, Vol. 16, Issue 10, pp. 1636-1641 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.16.001636
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Abstract
In dual-core fibers the variation of the coupling coefficient with frequency leads to intermodal dispersion that perturbs the switching of ultrashort pulses. Using a new version of the split-step Fourier method based on a model that includes intermodal dispersion, we show that this effect cannot be neglected when the switching of picosecond solitons at different wavelengths in half-beat twin-core fiber couplers is analyzed, although picosecond solitons at the central wavelength are not significantly affected. We also show that to study the switching of wavelength-division-multiplexed solitons one should always take into account the effect of intermodal dispersion.
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OCIS Codes
(060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
(060.5530) Fiber optics and optical communications : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(230.4320) Optical devices : Nonlinear optical devices
(260.2030) Physical optics : Dispersion
(320.5390) Ultrafast optics : Picosecond phenomena
Citation
Carlos R. Paiva, António L. Topa, and Afonso M. Barbosa, "Influence of intermodal dispersion on the switching of solitons at different wavelengths in twin-core fiber couplers," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 16, 1636-1641 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-16-10-1636
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