EXACT SOLUTION FOR QUANTUM SELF-PHASE MODULATION

被引:41
作者
BLOW, KJ
LOUDON, R
PHOENIX, SJD
机构
[1] British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich
[2] Physics Department, Essex University, Colchester
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10.1364/JOSAB.8.001750
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We discuss the quantum theory of self-phase modulation as applied to optical fibers. We use a formalism that does not rely on a cavity and thereby resolves some anomalous length dependences present in earlier studies. We show that the exact expectation values and variances can be evaluated without the need for linearizing about a classical pump wave. The standard quantum equations for self-phase modulation are generalized in order to remove singularities in some expectation values whose origin is the instantaneous response time approximation.
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页码:1750 / 1756
页数:7
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