ANDREY I MAIMISTOV

Department of Solid State Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409, Russia

Email: maimistov@pico.mephi.ru

Abstract.

The models of the nonlinear optics in which solitons appeared are considered. These models are of paramount importance in studies of nonlinear wave phenomena. The classical examples of phenomena of this kind are the self-focusing, self-induced transparency and parametric interaction of three waves. At present there are a number of theories based on completely integrable systems of equations, which are, both, generations of the original known models and new ones. The modified Korteweg-de Vries equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Sine--Gordon equation, the reduced Maxwell--Bloch equation, Hirota equation, the principal chiral field equations, and the equations of massive Thirring model are some soliton equations, which are usually to be found in nonlinear optics theory.

Keywords:  Solitons; self-induced transparency; nonlinear fibres; wave interaction.

Pacs Nos.  42.65.Tg