TY - JOUR
T1 - Stability of N-soliton molecules in dispersion-managed optical fibers
AU - Boudjemâa, Abdelâali
AU - Al Khawaja, U.
PY - 2013/10/17
Y1 - 2013/10/17
N2 - We investigate the stability of N-soliton molecules in dispersion-managed optical fibers with focus on the recently realized 2- and 3-soliton molecules. We calculate their binding energy using an averaged nonlinear Schrödinger equation. A combination of variational and numerical solutions to this equation shows that it describes well the intensity profiles and relative separations of the experimental molecules. Extending the calculation to larger values of N, the binding energy per soliton is found to saturate at N≥7.
AB - We investigate the stability of N-soliton molecules in dispersion-managed optical fibers with focus on the recently realized 2- and 3-soliton molecules. We calculate their binding energy using an averaged nonlinear Schrödinger equation. A combination of variational and numerical solutions to this equation shows that it describes well the intensity profiles and relative separations of the experimental molecules. Extending the calculation to larger values of N, the binding energy per soliton is found to saturate at N≥7.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.045801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.88.045801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84886287447
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 88
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 045801
ER -