Numerical study of soliton scattering in inhomogeneous optical fibers

Using a variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrodinger equation, transmission profile of a single soliton in the optical fiber with an inhomogeneous region is studied numerically. It is found that the transmitted wave contains two solitons which form a bound state when the difference of the dispersion coefficient between the inhomogeneous and the homogeneous regions is large enough. When the amplitude of the transmitted wave is small, the transmitted wave is apt to contain a bound state soliton. With the increase of the length of the inhomogeneous region, a quantity E-3, which is the conserved quantity of the constant-coefficient nonlinear Schrodinger equation, for the transmitted wave converges to an asymptotic value with oscillation. It is found that the nonsoliton wave part of E-3 for the transmitted wave converges to an asymptotic value rapidly compared with other contributions to E-3. We find the condition for the parameters of the inhomogeneous region that a stable soliton can exist on the entire fiber.