Dynamics of Super-Gaussian Solitons in Birefringent Optical Fibers

The variational principle is employed to obtain the parameter dynamics of a super-Gaussian chirped soliton that propagates through birefringent optical fibers and is governed by the dispersion-managed vector nonlinear Schrödinger's equation. The waveform deviates from that of a classical soliton. The periodically changing strong chirp of such a soliton reduces the effective nonlinearity that is necessary for balancing the local dispersion. This study is extended to obtain the adiabatic evolution of the parameters of such a soliton in presence of perturbation terms.