International Research Fellow Awards: Nonlinear Waves and Instabilities in Optical Fibers

9703769库茨国际研究员奖计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行3至24个月的研究。该项目的奖项提供了联合研究的机会，并提供了使用国外独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件的机会。该奖项将资助何塞·内森·库茨博士为期六个月的博士后研究访问，与魏炳景博士在香港九龙的香港理工大学合作。该项目将涉及对当前通信技术有直接影响的光纤中的非线性脉冲动力学的广泛问题的调查。具体地说，PI将研究色散管理和NRZ(不归零)脉冲动力学，以及锁模光纤激光器的动力学和稳定性。如果时间允许，他将继续研究光交换领域。Kutz研究了NRZ脉冲在色散管理系统中的传播，这是理解当前全光跨洋通信系统的第一步。他将把他的专业知识与韦博士的专业知识结合起来，发展出一种关于NRZ格式化脉冲演化的一般理论。为了研究这些问题，库茨将使用科学建模、渐近分析、动力学和非线性波动理论和数值模拟。***

9703769 Kutz The International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions abroad. This award will support a six-month postdoctoral research visit by Dr. Jose Nathan Kutz to work with Dr. Ping-king Alexander Wai at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Kowloon, Hong Kong. This project will involve the investigation of a broad range of issues concerning nonlinear pulse dynamics in optical fibers which have direct impact on current communication technologies. Specifically, the PI will study dispersion management and NRZ (non-return-to-zero) pulse dynamics, and the dynamics and stability of modelocked fiber lasers. If time permits, he will go on to investigate the area of optical switching. Kutz has studied the propagation of NRZ pulses in dispersion management systems, which is a first step towards the understanding of current all-optical transoceanic communication systems. He will combine his expertise with that of Dr. Wai in the development of a general theory of the evolution of NRZ-formatted pulses. To study these problems, Kutz will use scientific modelling, asymptotic analysis, dynamical and nonlinear wave theory and numerical simulation. ***