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On the Eigenvalues of the Manakov System

Abstract

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We clear up two issues regarding the eigenvalue problem for the Manakov system; these problems relate directly to the existence of the soliton [sic] effect in fiber optic cables. The first issue is a bound on the eigenvalues of the Manakov system: if the parameter ξ is an eigenvalue, then it must lie in a certain region in the complex plane. The second issue has to do with a chirped Manakov system. We show that if a system is chirped too much, the soliton effect disappears. While this has been known for some time experimentally, there has not yet been a theoretical result along these lines for the Manakov system.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Mathematical Physics
Department dc:contributor.department
Mathematical Physics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2007

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Keister, Adrian Clark
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Klaus, Martin
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Day, Martin V.
  • Kohler, Werner E.
  • Jacobs, Ira
  • Hagedorn, George A.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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etd-06302007-091322
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/28169

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Keister, Adrian Clark. On the Eigenvalues of the Manakov System. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28169