Pulse Propagation in

Single-Mode Fibers
Part 2
Apart from chirped Gaussian pulses it is
difficult to obtain, for other shapes of
pulses, closed-form analytical expressions
for pulse propagation along optical fibers.

What is feasible, however, it to calculate the

root-mean-square width of arbitrary-shaped
pulses.
 A 0, t g t A L, T
fiber

A 0, F g t g t exp i t d t

A L, H A 0,
H exp i 2 2 L
1
2

fiber length: L
group-velocity dispersion: 2

frequency shift with respect to the carrier frequency:

 group delay at the L
g 1 L T t g
carrier frequency vg

A 0, S exp i
1
A L, T F 1
A L,
2 A L, exp i T d
1 1
0 1 2 3 3
2

2 6

general group d 1
L 1 2 3 2 L
delay d 2
 g 0 1 L
approximation : m3 m 0

1 2 L

p root - mean - square width of the pulse

1 1
f f S d ,
2
N S 2 d
N 2

d d
0 p 0 2
2 2 2 2

d d
p 0

2 2 2

1 L 2 L
2
1
2 2
L 2
1 2 L 2
2 2
2 L 2

1
S 2 d
N
2 22 L2 2
2

1

2
2 S 2 d
N

Remark: If S 2 is even then 0.

 Conclusion

p2 02 2 2
2 22 L
2
2

d d

d d