Soliton-based discriminator of non-coherent optical pulses

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel method for discriminating noncoherent optical pulses from coherent signals by leveraging soliton generation, analyzing how randomness affects soliton characteristics in optical signals.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach using soliton generation to distinguish noncoherent from coherent optical pulses, with analysis of randomization effects on soliton features.

Findings

Soliton generation can differentiate noncoherent from coherent pulses.

Randomization impacts soliton observable characteristics.

The method is demonstrated on rectangular pulse examples.

Abstract

We introduce a concept of noncoherent optical pulse discrimination from a coherent (or partially coherent) signal of the same energy using a phenomenon of soliton generation. The impact of randomisation of the optical signal content on the observable characteristics of solitons generation is examined and quantified for a particular example of rectangular pulse.