Modulational instability of short pulses in long optical fibers
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 11 (3), 171-173
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.11.000171
Abstract
The effect of time-derivative nonlinearity is incorporated into the study of the modulational instability of short pulses propagating through long optical fibers. Conditions for soliton formation are discussed.Keywords
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