Abstract

The adiabatic evolution of the parameters of a dark soliton in the presence of dissipative fiber losses is considered. It is shown that the rate at which a dark soliton decays and spreads is only half the corresponding rate for a bright soliton.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

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