Odyssey of Light in Nonlinear Optical Fibers

This book presents a collection of breakthrough research portraying the odyssey of light from optical solitons to optical rogue waves in nonlinear optical fibers. It provides a simple yet holistic view on the theoretical and application-oriented aspects of light, with a special focus on the underlying nonlinear phenomena. It also highlights some of the latest advances in nonlinear optical fiber technology, including Brillouin scattering, backpropagation, and eigenvalue communication. The spotlighted innovations form the basis for the next generation of ultra-high speed computers and telecommunication devices.

Kuppuswamy Porsezian received an M.Sc from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, and a Ph.D from Bhrathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India. After working as a research scientist with the SERC, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India Project, he joined the Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai, India as a lecturer. Highly decorated and widely published, Dr. Porsezian is currently a professor with the Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. His current research interests include solitons and modulational instability in nonlinear fiberoptics, self-induced transparency solitons, nonlinear pulse propagation in periodic structures, metamaterials and photonic crystal fibers, and integrability aspects of nonlinear partial differential equations. For his research work, he has received several awards and honors. He is also a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Ramanathan Ganapathy received an M.Sc in physics from the University of Hyderabad, India, and an M.Phil and Ph.D in physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India. Dr. Ganapathy worked as a post-doctoral fellow for three years in the CSIR-sponsored project Nonlinear Dynamics of Femtosecond Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear Fibers at Pondicherry University, India. Presently, he is working as a senior assistant professor at the Centre for Nonlinear Science and Engineering, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.

Basic Nonlinear Fiberoptics. Waveguide Electromagnetic Pulse Dynamics: Projecting Operators Method. Coupled-Mode Dynamics in Continuous and Discrete Nonlinear Optical Systems. The Continuous-Discrete Duality of the Nonlinear Schrdinger and Ablowitz-Ladik Rogue Wave Hierarchies. A Theoretical Study on Modulational Instability in Relaxing Saturable Nonlinear Optical Media. Modulational Instabilities in a System of Four Coupled, Nonlinear Schrdinger Equations with the Effect of Coupling Coefficient. Hidden Symmetry Reductions and the Ablowitz-Kaup-Newell-Segur Hierarchies for Nonautonomous Solitons. Hot Solitons, Cold Solitons, and Hybrid Solitons in Fiberoptic Waveguides. Optical Solitary Modes Pumped by Localized Gain. Exploring the Frontiers of Mode Locking with Fiber Lasers. Matter Wave Solitons and Other Localized Excitations in Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atom Optics. PT-Symmetric Solitons. Suspended Core Photonic Crystal Fibers and Generation of Dual Radiation. Parabolic Similaritons in Optical Fibers. Brillouin Scattering: From Characterization to Novel Applications. Nonlinear Waves in Metamaterials-Forward and Backward Wave Interaction. Optical Back Propagation for Compensation of Dispersion and Nonlinearity in Fiberoptic Transmission Systems. Eigenvalue Communications in Nonlinear Fiber Channels. Digital Coherent Technology-Based Eigenvalue Modulated Optical Fiber Transmission System. Quantum Field Theory Analog Effects in Nonlinear Photonic Waveguides.