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Polarization-Locked Temporal Vector Solitons

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Author(s)

Steven T. Cundiff, B C. Collins, N N. Akhmediev, J M. Soto-Crespo, K Bergman, W H. Knox

Abstract

Solitons are the subject of substantial research because of potential applications in high-speed fiber-optics communications. However, discussions of soliton propagation often ignore polarization and use scaler equations to describe their evolution. Although standard single-mode fiber is nominally isotropic, it is always weakly birefringe due to bends and strain. This birefringence normally results in evolution of the polarization during propagation (soliton or otherwise.)
Citation
Optics and Photonics News
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

optical fiber, solitons

Citation

Cundiff, S. , Collins, B. , Akhmediev, N. , Soto-Crespo, J. , Bergman, K. and Knox, W. (2008), Polarization-Locked Temporal Vector Solitons, Optics and Photonics News (Accessed May 11, 2025)

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Created October 16, 2008