Passive nonlinear reshaping towards parabolic pulses in the steady-state regime in optical fibers

Abstract

The passive nonlinear reshaping in normally dispersive optical fibers in the steady-state regime is studied numerically. It is found that normal dispersion and self-phase modulation are able to provide pulse reshaping towards a parabolic pulse profile at the distances exceeding the optical wave breaking length. However, as compared to the similariton formation in active fibers the resulted pulse shape in passive fibers is strongly depended on the initial pulse parameters and nonlinear and dispersive fiber properties as well. The influence of initial pulse shape, initial chirp, third-order dispersion and loss on the parabolic pulse formation is studied consistently, and estimation of practical conditions which are needed for parabolic pulses formation in a passive fiber is provided.