Abstract

The influence of the significantly nonstationary Raman contribution to nonlinear susceptibility on the dynamics of femtosecond optical solitons interaction and decay is theoretically analyzed. The theoretical results are in good quantitative agreement with the recent experiments of Mitschke and Mollenauer [Opt. Lett. 11, 659 (1986); 12, 355 (1987)].

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