●Preface1 Introducdon 1.1 Historical Perspective 1.2 FiberCharacteristics 1.2.1 Matedal and Fabrication    1.2.2 Fiber Losses 1.2.3 Chromatic Dispersion 1.2.4 Polarization.Mode Dispersion  1.3 FiberNonlinearities 1.3.1 NonlinearRefraction    1.3.2 Stimulated Inelastic Scattering    1.3.3 Importance of Nonlinear Effects  1.4 0verview  Problems  References2 ndsc Propagation in Fibers 2.1 Maxwell’S Equations 2.2 FlberModes 2.2.1 Eigenvalue Equation 2.2.2 Single.ModeCondition 2.2.3 Charactedstics of the Fundamental Mode 2.3 Pulse.PropagationEquation 2.3.1 NonlinearPulsePropagation 2.3.2 Higher-OrderNonlinearEffects 2.4 NumericalMethods 2.4.1 Split-Step FourierMethod 2.4.2 nniCC.Difference Methods  Problems  ReferencesGroup-Velocity Dispersion  3.1 Different Propagation Regimes  3.2 Dispersion-Induced Pulse Broadening 3.2.1 Gaussian Pulses 3.2.2 Chirped Gaussian Pulses 3.2.3 Hyperbolic Secant Pulses 3.2.4 Super-Gaussian Pulses 3.2.5 Experimental Results  3.3 Third-Order Dispersion 3.3.1 Evolution of Chirped Gaussian Pulses 3.3.2 Broadening Factor 3.3.3 Arbitrary-Shape Pulses 3.3.4 Ultrashort-Pulse Measurements  3.4 DispersionManagement 3.4.1 GvD.InducedLimitations 3.4.2 DispersionCompensation 3.4.3 Compensation of Thifd—Order Dispersion.  Problems   References4 Self.Phase Modulafion 4.1 SPM-Induced Spectral Changes 4.1.1 NonlinearPhase Shift 4.1.2 ChangesinPulseSpectra 4.1.3 Effect of Pulse Shape and Initial Chirp 4.1.4 EffCC[ofPartial Coherence 4.2 Effect of Group-Velocity Dispersion 4.2.1 PulseEvolution 4。2.2 BroadeningFactor 4.2.3 0ptic~wave Breaking 4.2.4 ExperimentalResults 4.2.5 Effect of Third，Order Dispersion 4.2.6 SPMEffectsinFiberAmplifiers  4.3 Semianalytic Techniques 4.3.1 MomentMethod 4.3.2 VariationalMethod 4.3.3 Specific Analytic Solutions  4.4 Higher-OrderNonlinearEffects 4.4.1 Self-Steepening 4.4.2 Effect of GVD on Optical Shocks 4.4.3 Intrapulse Raman Scat~fing  Problems   References5  Optical Solitons6  Polarization Effects7  Cross-Phase Modulation8  Stimulated Raman Scattering9  Stimulated Brillouin Scattering10  Four-Wave Mixing11  Highly Nonlinear Fibers12  Novel Nonlinear PhenomenaA  System of UnitsB  Numerical Code for the NLS EquationC  List of AcronymsIndex

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