Modeling and analysis of propagation in optical fibers using wavelets

Lionel R. Watkins; Yu Rong Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.161344

1 November 1993 Modeling and analysis of propagation in optical fibers using wavelets

Lionel R. Watkins, Yu Rong Zhou

Proceedings Volume 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161344
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A new method is described which enables the propagation of arbitrary optical waveforms through monomode fiber to be studied analytically. The basis of the method is the representation of the electric field of the emitted optical waveform by a set of wavelet transform coefficients. For certain wavelet functions, a closed form solution of the wave equation can be obtained, thereby allowing an analytic description of the propagating optical waveform. Arbitrarily shaped pulses or pulse sequences, with or without frequency chirping of the source, are accommodated with ease. The coefficients of the wavelet expansion can be used to plot the time-resolved frequency spectrum of the waveform, making the method well suited to the analysis of practical laser pulses as encountered, for example, in high bit-rate optical fiber communication systems.

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Lionel R. Watkins and Yu Rong Zhou "Modeling and analysis of propagation in optical fibers using wavelets", Proc. SPIE 2024, Multigigabit Fiber Communication Systems, (1 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161344

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