Soliton propagation in a system with bandwidth-limited and nonlinear gain

Mário F. S. Ferreira

doi:10.1117/12.2298997

1 September 1996 Soliton propagation in a system with bandwidth-limited and nonlinear gain

Mário F. S. Ferreira

Proceedings Volume 2778, 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology; 277837 (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2298997
Event: 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology, 1996, Taejon, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

The propagation of a nonresonant optical soliton in the presence of spectral filtering, linear, and nonlinear gain is investigated. By keeping the filtering fixed, we show that the steady-state soliton amplitude diverges as the linear gain vanishes. We also show that the nonlinear gain only reduces but does not suppress the instability due to the background linear waves. This instability can be suppressed by considering the saturation of the nonlinear gain, while it is accentuated by the detuning of the soliton from the gain peak frequency.

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Mário F. S. Ferreira "Soliton propagation in a system with bandwidth-limited and nonlinear gain", Proc. SPIE 2778, 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology, 277837 (1 September 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2298997

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