Solitons in Optical Fibers: Fundamentals and Applications

Description:

Solitons are waves that retain their form through obstacle and distance. Solitons can be found in hydrodynamics, nonlinear optics, plasma physics, and biology. Optical solitons are solitary light waves that hold their form over an expansive interval. Conservation of this form creates an effective model for long distance voice and data transmission.

The application of this principle is essential to the technology of wired communications. Optical solitons produce crystal clear phone calls cross-country and internationally. It is because of these that someone on the other end of the phone sounds 'in the next room.' It is also pertinent to high-speed network information transmittal.

Mollenauer and Gordon have written the only text that an engineer or graduate student will need to understand this foundation subject in optics.

Table of Contents:

Ch 1: The Non-linear Schrodinger Equation and Ordinary Solitons
Ch 2: Dispersion-Managed Solitons
Ch 3: Spontaneous Emission and Its Effects
Ch 4: Soliton Interations
Ch 5: Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Ordinary Solitons
Ch 6: Wavelength Division Multiplexing with Dispersion-Managed Solitions
Ch 7: Polarization and Its Effect
Ch 8: Hardware and Measurement Techniques
Appendix A: Sample Maple Program for the ODE Method
Appendix B: History of the Soliton

描述：
孤立子是一種通過障礙物和距離保持其形狀的波動。孤立子可以在流體力學、非線性光學、等離子物理學和生物學中找到。光孤立子是保持其形狀的孤立光波，可以在廣闊的範圍內傳播。保持這種形狀的特性為長距離語音和數據傳輸提供了有效的模型。這一原理的應用對有線通信技術至關重要。光孤立子可以實現清晰的國內和國際電話通話。正是因為這些特性，使得電話另一端的聲音聽起來像是“隔壁的房間”。這也與高速網絡信息傳輸相關。莫倫奧爾和戈登撰寫了唯一一本工程師或研究生需要理解光學基礎主題的書籍。

目錄：
第1章：非線性薛定諤方程和普通孤立子
第2章：色散管理的孤立子
第3章：自發輻射及其影響
第4章：孤立子相互作用
第5章：普通孤立子的波長分割多工
第6章：色散管理的孤立子的波長分割多工
第7章：偏振及其影響
第8章：硬件和測量技術
附錄A：ODE方法的示例Maple程序
附錄B：孤立子的歷史