soliton propagation
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This presentation aims at introducing the concepts of soliton propagation. The solitons are a result of nonlinear optical interaction of light pulses within optical fibers.TRANSCRIPT
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Soliton Propagation
Shuvan Prashant
Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam
June 16, 2014
as part of PHY 1003 Nonlinear Optics Coursework.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Outline
1 SolitonsIntroduction
2 SPM
3 Pulse Propagation
4 Recap
5 Other Soliton Types
6 Conclusion
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Solitary reaper
Soliton
Solitary Solution → Soliton:There exists a single solution to thepropagation equation.
Big deal about Solitons
F Soliton suggests particle type behaviour
F Solitons travel without any dispersion inside any standardfiber (even highly dispersive ones)
F Result: Single-channel data streams possible of 100 to 200Gbps
F In a WDM system, little (some but small) interaction betweenchannels using solitons exists.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Soliton sighted first time 1834
Scott Russell observed a heap of water in a canal that propagatedundistorted over several kilometers.
“a rounded, smooth and well-defined heap of water,which continued its course along the channel apparentlywithout change of form or diminution of speed. Ifollowed it on horseback, and overtook it still rolling onat a rate of some eight or nine miles an hour, preservingits original figure some thirty feet long and a foot to afoot and a half in height. ” [NLFO Agarwal]
Such waves were later called solitary waves.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Self Phase Modulation is the phase change of optical pulsedue to nonlinearity of medium’s RI
Consider the pulse
E (z , t) = Az , te i(k0−ω0t) + c.c . (1)
through a medium having nonlinear refractive index
n(t) = n0 + n2I (t) where I (t) = 2n0ε0c |A(z , t)|2 (2)
Assumptions: Instantaneous material response and sufficientlysmall length of materialChange in phase
φNL(t) = −n2I (t)ω0L/c (3)
Time varying pulse - spectral modification of pulse Instantaneousfrequency of the pulse
ω(t) = ω0 + δω(t) where δω(t) =d
dtφNL(t) (4)
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
The Case of Curious sech pulse
Pulseshape I (t) = I0sech2(t/τ0)
Nonlinear phase shift
φNL(t) = −n2I0sech2(t/τ0)ω0L/c
Change in instantaneous frequency
δω(t) = −n2ω0dI
dt
L
c= 2n2
ω0
cτ0LI0sech
2(t/τ0) tanh(t/τ0)
Leading edge shifted to lower frequencies and trailing edge tohigher frequenciesMax value of freq shift
δωmax w n2ω0
cτ0LI0
ωmax w∆φmax
NL
τ0
where ∆φmaxNL = n2
ω0
cLI0
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
The Case of Curious sech pulse
Pulseshape I (t) = I0sech2(t/τ0)
Nonlinear phase shift
φNL(t) = −n2I (t)ω0L/c
φNL(t) = −n2I0sech2(t/τ0)ω0L/c
Change in instantaneous frequency
δω(t) = −n2ω0dI
dt
L
c= 2n2
ω0
cτ0LI0sech
2(t/τ0) tanh(t/τ0)
Leading edge shifted to lower frequencies and trailing edge tohigher frequenciesMax value of freq shift
δωmax w n2ω0
cτ0LI0
ωmax w∆φmax
NL
τ0
where ∆φmaxNL = n2
ω0
cLI0
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
The Case of Curious sech pulse
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Chirping of an optical pulse by propagation through anonlinear optical Kerr medium
[SalehTeich]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
How do Pulses Propagate in Dispersive Media ???
E (z , t) = A(z , t)e i(k0z−ω0t) + c .c . (5)
where k0 = nlin(ω0)ω0/cHow does pulse envelope function propagate in dispersive media ?Wave Equation
∂2E
∂z2− 1
c2∂2D
∂t2= 0 (6)
Fourier Transforms
E (z , t) =
∫ ∞−∞
E (z , ω)e−iωtdω
2π(7)
D(z , ω) = ε(ω)E (z , ω)Using Fourier transforms in wave equation
∂2E (z , ω)
∂z2+ ε(ω)
ω2
c2E (z , ω) (8)
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media
Slowly varying amplitude
A(z , ω′) =
∫ ∞−∞
A(z , t)e iω′tdt
E (z , ω) = A(z , ω − ω0)e ik0z + A∗(z , ω + ω0)e−ik0z
E (z , ω) ' A(z , ω − ω0)e ik0z
On substitution into the wave equation
2ik0∂A
∂z+ (k2 − k20 )A = 0 (9)
where k(ω) =√ε(ω)ω/c ; k2 − k20 ∼ 2k0(k − k0)
∂A(z , ω − ω0)
∂z− i(k − k0)A(z , ω − ω0) = 0
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media
k = k0 + ∆kNL + k1(ω − ω0) +1
2k2(ω − ω0)2 (10)
Nonlinear contribution of propagation constant
∆kNL = ∆nNLω0/c = n2Iω0/c (11)
with I = [nlin(ω0)c/2π]|A(z , t)|2
k1 =
(dk
dω
)ω=ω0
=1
c
[nlin(ω0) + ω
dnlin(ω0)
dω
]ω=ω0
∼=1
vg (ω0)
k2 =
(d2k
dω2
)ω=ω0
=d
dω
[1
vg (ω0)
]ω=ω0
∼=(−1
v2g
dvgdω
)ω=ω0
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media
∂A
∂z− i∆kNLA− ik1(ω − ω0)A− 1
2ik2(ω − ω0)2A = 0 (12)
Frequency Domain to Time domain transformation∫ ∞−∞
A(z , ω − ω0)e−i(ω−ω0)td(ω − ω0)
2π= A(z , t)∫ ∞
−∞(ω − ω0)A(z , ω − ω0)e−i(ω−ω0)t
d(ω − ω0)
2π= i
∂
∂tA(z , t)∫ ∞
−∞(ω − ω0)2A(z , ω − ω0)e−i(ω−ω0)t
d(ω − ω0)
2π= − ∂2
∂t2A(z , t)
The final equation is
∂A
∂z+ k1
∂A
∂t+
1
2ik2∂2A
∂t2− i∆kNLA = 0 (13)
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media
On co-ordinate transformation from t to τ
τ = t − z
vg= t − k1z and As(z , τ) = A(z , t) (14)
∂As
∂z+
1
2ik2∂2As
∂τ2− i∆kNLAs = 0 (15)
Defining nonlinear propagation as
∆kNL = n2ω0
cI =
n0n2ω0
2π|As |2 = γ|As |2 (16)
Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation
∂As
∂z+
1
2ik2∂2As
∂τ2= iγ|As |2As (17)
[Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Solitary Solution
Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation
∂As
∂z+
1
2ik2∂2As
∂τ2= iγ|As |2As (18)
SolitonAs(z , τ) = A0
s sech(τ/τ0)e iκz (19)
where pulse amplitude an pulse width
I0 = |A0s |2 =
−k2γτ20
=−2πk2
n0n2ω0τ20(20)
and phase shift experienced by the pulse upon propagation
κ = −k2/2τ20 =1
2γ|A0
s |2 (21)
This is the Fundamental Soliton solution [Boyd2003]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
How it happens? A Recap in words
Anomalous dispersion regime λ > 1310nm
Chromatic dispersion ( remember GVD ) causes shorterwavelengths to travel faster.
Thus a spectrally wide pulse disperses → the shorterwavelengths got to the leading edge of the pulse
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
What makes it work?
High intensity pulses → Change in RI → Phase change andfrequency change
Non-linear Kerr effect → self-phase modulation (SPM)
SPM causes a chirp effect where longer wavelengths tend tomove to the beginning of a pulse
Opposite direction to the direction of GVD in anomalousdispersion regime
If the pulse length and the intensity are right, negative GVDand SPM strike a balance and the pulse will stay together.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
What makes it work?
The faster (high-frequency components) at the beginning ofthe pulse are slowed down a bit and the slower (low-frequencycomponents) in the back are speeded up.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Soliton
launch a pulse of right energy and right duration into a fibremedium → short travel → evolves into the characteristicsech(hyperbolic secant) shape of a soliton.
[IBM]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
N-soliton
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Dark Soliton
If you have a small gap within an unbroken high power opticalbeam or a very long pulse, the gap in the beam can behave exactlylike a regular soliton! Such gaps are called dark solitons.
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Spatial Soliton
Temporal Optical Solitons → Spatial Solitons
intense beam of light → a beam which holds together in thetransverse direction without spatial (lateral) dispersion
It travels in the material as though it was in a waveguidealthough it is not!
Beam constructs its own waveguide
Diffraction effects and SPM
Application
Potentially to be used as a guide for light at other wavelengthsFast optical switches and logic devices by carrying beams ofdifferent wavelength .
[IBM]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Spatial Soliton
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
Pros and Cons
Amplifiers at regular intervals and working with an intensesignal → Practical problem
Low maximum power limits on the signal imposed by effectslike SBS and SRS
To Retain the soliton shape and characteristics amplificationneeded at intervals of 10 to 50 km!
Virtually error-free transmission over very long distances atspeeds of over 100 Gbps.
Optical TDM needed as the electronic systems to which thelink must be interfaced cannot operate at these very highspeeds.
Laboratory prototype stage right now
Attractive for long-distance links in the future. [IBM]
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
To sum up
Solitons are solitary solution to the NLS equation in theanomalous dispersion regime for a material having positiveSPM
Solitons evolve into sech pulses
Different types of solitons have been explored
Laboratory Stage only
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
References
Nonlinear Optics, R Boyd, II Edition(2003), ElsevierPublications
Photonics, Saleh & Teich , II Edition(2007), Wiley Interscience
Understanding Optical Communications, I Edition(1998),International Technical Support Organization
Nonlinear Fiber Optics, III Edition(2004), AP
Solitons SPM Pulse Propagation Recap Other Soliton Types Conclusion
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