Akhmediev breathers as ultra-wideband pulses

Bastien Varlot (1) , Yanne Kouomou Chembo (2) , Christophe Finot (3)

1 SLCO
2 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
3 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne

We analytically calculate and discuss the radio-frequency spectrum of the so-called Akhmediev breathers, a class of nonlinear solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation that governs the propagation in a single mode optical fiber. We propose a practical application of ABs to the field of ultra-wideband pulse generation.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Bastien Varlot, Yanne Kouomou Chembo, Christophe Finot. Akhmediev breathers as ultra-wideband pulses. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2014, 56 (3), pp.664-667. ⟨10.1002/mop.28174⟩. ⟨hal-00878042⟩