Simulation of Optical Pulse Propagation in Nonlinear and Dispersive Medium by Constrained Interpolated Profile Method

Abstract

Optical pulse wave propagation in nonlinear and dispersive medium is simulated by constrained interpolated profile (CIP) method. In one dimensional space with dispersion and nonlinearity, Gaussian envelope pulse modulated by optical carrier wave propagates successfully with physically reliable manner for typical small and large amplitudes. The spreading and compressing behavior for small and large input amplitudes are caused by trade-off between linear dispersion and nonlinear refractive index modulation of the medium.