The Stability and Dynamics of Optical Waveguides, Lasers, and Amplifiers

Abstract

Specifically, we have investigated mathematically the dynamics of pulses in nonlinear optical fibers, helped design a highly-stable 60 GHz soliton source, investigated methods for controlling solitons using phase-sensitive amplifiers (PSAs), modeled the application of PSAs to optical storage loops and other optical devices, studied timing jitter in mode-locked erbium fiber lasers, and explored a new method for controlling streams of high-speed optical pulses using periodic optical phase conjugation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1997
Accession Number
ADA336536

Entities

People

  • William L. Kath

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Communication Systems
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Frequency Shift
  • Lasers
  • Mathematics
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Fibers
  • Optical Solitons
  • Optical Storage
  • Optical Waveguides
  • Optics
  • Parametric Amplifiers
  • Phase Conjugation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy