Soliton annihilation and fusion from resonant inelastic collisions in birefringent optical fibers

Year: 1991

Authors: Malomed B.A., Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: P. P. Shirshov Institute for Oceanology, 23 Krasikov Street, Moscow, GSP-7, Russian Federation; Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, Rome, 00142, Italy; School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

Abstract: We study the inelastic collisions between orthogonally polarized solitons in a birefringent optical fiber. We show that if the collision is sufficiently slow, one soliton may be destroyed by the other, or the two solitons may fuse into a breatherlike solitary pulse. We derive a simple analytical estimate for this soliton decay, based on a condition of spatial resonance between the two solitons, and confirm this prediction by numerical simulations. Breakup of colliding solitons with different polarizations may set a fundamental lower bound to the soliton time width in soliton transmissions.

Journal/Review: OPTICS LETTERS

Volume: 16 (18)      Pages from: 1388  to: 1390

KeyWords: Logic gates; Propagarion; Amplitudes; Stability
DOI: 10.1364/OL.16.001388

Citations: 47
data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-11-10
References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)

Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click here
Connecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here