Optical solitons : theoretical challenges and industrial perspectives : Les Houches workshop, September 28-October 2, 1998 /

This book presents an overview of recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field of optical solitons, ranging from the mathematical foundations of integrability theory to the rapidly evolving technology of fiber soliton-based telecommunication systems. The subjects covered in the book can...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zakharov, V. E. (Vladimir Evgenʹevich), Wabnitz, S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Les Ulis, France ; Cambridge, MA : Springer ; EDP Sciences, [1999]
Series:Centre de physique des Houches (Series) ; 12.
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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals of Optical Soliton Theory in Fibers
  • Hamiltonian Theory of Bcklund Transformation
  • Stability of Solitons
  • Chaotic Dynamics of Optical Solitons
  • Variationalism and Empirio-Criticism
  • Propagation of Optical Pulses in Nonlinear Systems with Varying Dispersion
  • Dispersion-Managed Solitons
  • Dispersion-Managed Solitons: Applications to Terabit/s Transmission over Transoceanic Distances
  • Nonlinear Pulses in Ultra-Fast Optical Communications
  • Soliton Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing System: From Numerical Design to Recirculating Loop Experiments
  • Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Lasers and Fiber Ring Memories
  • Modulational Instabilities in Passive Cavities: Theory and Experiment
  • Recent Developments in the Theory of Optical Gap Solitons
  • Vector Modulational Instabilities and Soliton Expleriments
  • Transient Raman Amplification.-Self-Structureation of Three-Wave Dissipative Solitons in CW-Pumped Optical Cavities
  • The Description of the Ultrashort Pulse Propagation ..., etc.