Solitons in Optical Fibers—Fundamentals and Applications

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1、SolitonsinOpticalFibersFundamentalsandApplications2008/10/8TableofContentsPrefaceChapter1-TheNonlinearSchrödingerEquationandOrdinarySolitonsChapter2-Dispersion-managedSolitonsChapter3-SpontaneousEmissionandItsEffectsChapter4-SolitonInteractionsChapter5-WavelengthDivisionMultiplexingwithOrdin

2、arySolitonsChapter6-WavelengthDivisionMultiplexingwithDispersion-managedSolitonsChapter7-PolarizationandItsEffectsChapter8-HardwareandMeasurementTechniquesAppendixA-ASampleMapleProgramfortheODEMethodAppendixB-ABriefHistoryofSolitonsReferencesIndexListofFiguresListofTablesPrefaceWiththerecent

3、commercialsuccessofatleasttwoultra-long-haul,all-optical.densewavelengthdivisionmultiplexing(WDM)fiberoptictransmissionsystems(Lucent'sLambdaXtremeandonebyMarconi),solitonshaveatlonglastfoundtheirproperplaceinfiberoptictransmission.Hencetheprincipalmotivationforwritingthisbook:toprovideengin

4、eersandappliedphysicistswithasatisfyingunderstandingoftheunderlyingphysicalprinciplesandathoroughdescriptionofthepracticeandcapabilitiesofthisnewtechnology.Atthesametime,wehaveattemptedtowriteabookthatcouldserveasthetextforacollegeorgraduate-levelcourseonfiberoptictransmission,withemphasison

5、thefundamentalpropagationequationanditsconsequences,butaswellincludingadiscussionofamplifierspontaneousemissionnoiseandotherlimitingfactors,suchas"polarization-modedispersion"andotherfiberdefects.Anotherprincipalgoalinthewritingofthisbookhasbeentoachievegenuineaccessibility.Unfortunately,mos

6、totherbooksaboutsolitonshavebeenwrittenbyandformathematicalspecialists,andthustendtobeatalevelofabstractionthatisoff-puttingfortheappliedphysicsandengineeringfraternities.Attheotherextremearethenumerousbookchaptersandengineeringreviewarticlesthatdiscussvariousnonlinearphenomenainfiberoptictr

7、ansmission.Alltoooften,however,thesetendtobeverynarrowlyfocusedonwhateverlistofnonlinear"defects"or"penalties"theauthordeemsimportantatthemoment,andallwithinthecontextofacertainlimitedrangeoftransmissionmodes.Inthisbook,wehavestriventoachievethemid