Modulational instability of femtosecond optical pulses in fibers near zero dispersion point is investigated using an extended Schrodinger equation.A new region where modulation instability occurs is found due to the fourth order dispersion.It is shown that the self steeping exists a threshold in affecting the appearance of the new region
Raman nonlinear retarded effect has a greater influence on growth rate
and spectral extents of the two unstable regions can make the two regions merge into one region which has a wider spectral extent.
关键词
最小群速度色散四阶色散调制不稳定性
Keywords
minimum group velocity dispersionfouth order dispersionmodulational instability