Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the possibility of generating and propagating transient Raman solitons [1] in an optical fiber, and suggest a corresponding experiment. Raman solitons are coherent optical phenomena in stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), in which transient gain for the pump is created by a rapid phase-shift in the input fields. As a result, a stable pulse of pump radiation is sustained in an envelope of Stokes radiation. The Stokes field shows a corresponding dip in intensity to zero or almost zero in the region of maximal pump.

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