Solitons : non linear pulses and beams

This book provides a practical treatment of the applications of non-linear light pulses in optical fibres and spatial solitons in switching devices. It presents the results of the most up to date research on the subject in an accessible manner and adopts a unified approach to solitons in fibers and the devices which use them. The book is an essential reference work for both professional engineers working in optoelectronics and telecommunications companies and graduate students and researchers in the area.

Written by two authors who are at the forefront of this research Solitons: Non linear pulses and beams provides a practical treatment of the applications of non-linear light pulses in optical fibres and spatial solitons in switching devices. It presents the results of the most up to date research on the subject in an accessible manner and adopts a unified approach to solitons in fibers and the devices which use them. The book is an essential reference work for both professional engineers working in optoelectronics and telecommunications companies and graduate students and researchers in the area.

Basic equations. Nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Exact solutions. Non-Kerr-law nonlinearities. Normal dispersion regime. Multiple-port linear devices made from solitons. Nonlinear pulses in birefringent media. Pulses in nonlinear couplers. Multi-core nonlinear fiber arrays. The influence of higher-order dispersion on solitons. Beam dynamics. Planar nonlinear guided waves. Nonlinear pulses in presence of gain, loss and spectral filtering. References. Index.