The evolution of two-frequency solitons in an optical fiber with a longitudinally nonuniform nonlinearity

O. V. Matusevich, V. A. Trofimov, E. A. Yudina, B. A. Malomed

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Abstract

The evolution of two-frequency solitons in an optical fiber, as well as the practically important special case of absence of the second-harmonic wave, in the presence of a longitudinal nonuniformity of the coefficients characterizing the propagation nonlinearity are considered. The solitons found for media with constant values of the nonlinearity coefficients are used as initial distributions for media with a periodic dependence of the nonlinearity coefficients on the longitudinal coordinate. Modulation of the coefficient of cubic or quadratic nonlinearity is shown to result in oscillations of the peak intensity of the solitons (in both their components if two-color solitons are considered). In the case of a weak modulation of the nonlinearity coefficients, oscillations of the peak intensity occur at the frequency coinciding with the frequency of modulation of the nonlinearity coefficients. Under the weak influence of a periodically modulated cubic nonlinearity, parameters of quadratic solitons also oscillate upon the propagation. Regions of stability of solitons in the space of the modulation parameters are established.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)99-107
Number of pages9
JournalOptics and Spectroscopy (English translation of Optika i Spektroskopiya)
Volume106
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009

Funding

FundersFunder number
Russian Foundation for Basic Research06-01-8006-ofi

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