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We consider the asymmetric transmission properties of a Discrete Nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger type dimer with a saturable nonlinear intersite coupling between the dimer sites, in addition to a cubic onsite nonlinearity and asymmetric linear…
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This paper presents an efficient numerical method for calculating spatial power profiles of both signal and pump with significant Interchannel Stimulated Raman Scattering (ISRS) and backward Raman amplification in multiband systems. This…
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