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Index 527<br />

Raman amplification with, 319<br />

second-order, 215<br />

solitons and, 216–220<br />

PMD parameter, 12, 214, 218, 265, 409<br />

Poincaré sphere, 191–195, 217, 255, 256, 266,<br />

317, 335, 406, 408, 492<br />

polarization<br />

degree of, 337<br />

evolution of, 189–197, 255<br />

induc<strong>ed</strong>, 31<br />

intrapulse, 256<br />

nonlinear, 31, 37, 247, 369, 402<br />

static, 496<br />

third-order, 254<br />

polarization chaos, 196<br />

polarization ellipse, 179, 190<br />

nonlinear rotation of, see nonlinear polarization<br />

rotation<br />

rotation of, 191, 193<br />

polarization instability, 194–197, 206, 468<br />

effect on solitons, 207<br />

observation of, 195<br />

origin of, 194<br />

polarization-dependent gain, 215, 319<br />

polarization-diversity loop, 397, 401<br />

polarization-division multiplexing, 218<br />

polarization-mode dispersion, see PMD<br />

preform, 4, 181<br />

rocking of, 196<br />

spinning of, 202<br />

principal axis, 178, 216, 488<br />

principal states of polarization, 214<br />

propagation constant, 7, 28<br />

pseudorandom bit pattern, 346, 394<br />

pseudospectral method, 41<br />

pulse<br />

arbitrary-shape, 67<br />

chirp<strong>ed</strong>, 85, 103<br />

chirp<strong>ed</strong> Gaussian, 56<br />

Gaussian, 54, 57, 84, 103, 107, 138, 246<br />

hyperbolic secant, 58, 134, 138<br />

parabolic, 100–102, 305<br />

Q-switch<strong>ed</strong>, 337, 347, 417, 470<br />

super-Gaussian, 58, 81, 85, 138<br />

pulse broadening<br />

dispersion-induc<strong>ed</strong>, 53–76, 112<br />

PMD-induc<strong>ed</strong>, 214, 219<br />

pulse compression<br />

amplifier-induc<strong>ed</strong>, 100<br />

soliton effect, 313<br />

XPM-induc<strong>ed</strong>, 248, 314<br />

pulse-to-pulse fluctuations, 493<br />

pump depletion, 277, 279, 289, 299, 339, 341,<br />

373, 399, 501<br />

pump-phase modulation, 394, 397<br />

pump-probe configuration, 241, 242, 245, 255,<br />

260, 265, 429<br />

quadrupole moment, 368, 496<br />

quantum interference, 497<br />

quantum limit, 394<br />

quarter-wave plate, 185<br />

quasi-CW regime, 283, 371, 374, 433, 502<br />

quasi-monochromatic approximation, 32, 227<br />

quasi-periodic route, 356<br />

quasi-phase matching, 498<br />

radiation<br />

Cherenkov, 457<br />

continuum, 138, 139, 149, 218<br />

nonsolitonic, 457–459, 462, 463, 480–<br />

488<br />

Raman amplification, 150, 288–292, 378<br />

PMD effects on, 319<br />

short-pulse, 305<br />

vector theory of, 315<br />

Raman amplifier, see amplifier<br />

Raman effect, 32, 247, 274<br />

Raman gain, 16, 38, 275, 373, 378, 386, 398,<br />

446, 462, 472<br />

polarization dependence of, 315, 321<br />

spectrum of, 275, 479<br />

Raman laser, 285–288, 311<br />

synchronously pump<strong>ed</strong>, 304<br />

Raman response, 37–40, 162, 280, 432, 462,<br />

479<br />

Raman scattering, 15, 432<br />

interpulse, 248<br />

intrapulse, 36, 38–40, 111–114, 123, 126,<br />

143, 158, 162–168, 247, 308, 453–<br />

464, 476, 477, 480<br />

spontaneous, 274–277, 393, 417, 469, 495<br />

stimulat<strong>ed</strong>, 89, 150, 274–285, 378, 440<br />

Raman soliton, see solitons<br />

Raman threshold, 277, 278, 382, 440, 471<br />

Raman-induc<strong>ed</strong> power transfer, 396, 398<br />

Rayleigh scattering, 5, 6, 340<br />

refractive index, 27, 425<br />

effective, 360, 437<br />

intensity-dependent, 239

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