Stabilizing dark solitons by periodic phase-sensitive amplification

Arnold D. Kim*, William L. Kath, Christopher G. Goedde

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Abstract

We show that dark solitons are stabilized with respect to amplitude variations when phase-sensitive amplification and spectral filtering are used in combination to compensate for linear loss. In particular, we show that spectral filtering inhibits the sideband instabilities typical of nonlinear pulses and cw waves in periodically amplified systems, whereas phase-sensitive amplification inhibits the destabilization of the constant-intensity background wave caused by the filtering.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)465-467
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume21
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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