Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices

14	Optical Solitons in Nonlinear Fibre Systems Recent Developments K. Porsezian Pondicherry University

CONTENTS

14.1    Introduction

14.1.1    Basic Concepts and Terminology

14.1.2    Kerr Nonlinearity

14.2    Derivation of Envelope Wave Equation

14.3    Optical Solitons: Bright Solitons

14.3.1    Dark Solitons

14.4    Soliton with SS

14.5    Soliton with Hod and Kerr Dispersion

14.6    Soliton in Nonuniform Fibres

14.7    Optical Solitons in Birefringent Fibres and WDM Systems

14.8    Solitons in Resonant Fibres

14.9    Photorefractive Solitons

14.9.1    Solitons in Self-Writing Waveguides

14.9.2    Self-Trapping and Self-Focusing Phenomena in Photopolymers

14.10  Similaritons in Nonlinear Fibre Optics

14.10.1  Photonic Crystal Fibre