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Nonlinear pulse propagation - the Keller Group

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<strong>Nonlinear</strong> Schrödinger Equation (NSE)<br />

∂<br />

∂z A z, t′<br />

k n<br />

( ) = i ′′<br />

2<br />

∂ 2<br />

∂ t′<br />

A z, t′<br />

2<br />

( ) − ikn A( z, t′<br />

) 2 2<br />

A( z, t′<br />

) <strong>Nonlinear</strong> Schrödinger Equation (NSE)<br />

Solution: a fundamental soliton<br />

k n<br />

τ p<br />

= 1.7627 × 4 D = 1.7627 × 2 ′′<br />

δ e p<br />

kn 2<br />

e p<br />

∝ 1 e p<br />

τ p<br />

∝ 1 e p<br />

τ p<br />

∝ k n<br />

′′<br />

⎛<br />

Soliton area = ∫ A 0<br />

sech t ⎞<br />

⎝<br />

⎜<br />

τ ⎠<br />

⎟ dt = π A 0<br />

τ<br />

“Solitons have constant area”<br />

ULP, Chap. 4, p. 22

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