Soliton switching in a nonlinear directional coupler (NLDC) with Kerr nonlinearity and coupling constant dispersion (caused by intermodal dispersion between the symmetric and the anti-symmetric modes of the coupler) is studied using the well-known variational method. Switching characteristics are calculated and discussed. It is shown that the switching characteristics of the Kerr coupler for al...

Heteroclinic computing offers a novel paradigm for universal computation by collective system dynamics. In such a paradigm, input signals are encoded as complex periodic orbits approaching specific sequences of saddle states. Without inputs, the relevant states together with the heteroclinic connections between them form a network of states-the heteroclinic network. Systems of pulse-coupled osc...

The influence of the Kerr-like nonlinearity in the switching characteristics of fiber Bragg gratings is studied. Two types of apodization profiles are considered: uniform and raisedcosine apodized gratings. The influence of the bit-rate and the wavelength detuning of the incident pulses in the nonlinear response of the grating is analyzed. The deterioration in the pulses caused by the nonlinear...

This paper presents analysis, simulation and implementation of Space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) inverter. Principles of the SVPWM is introduced and analyzed. Modeling of the switching intervals and control signal generators are introduced. Implementation and Experimental results of SVPWM inverter are presented to realize the validity of the SVPWM technique. Key-Words: Inverter – Puls...

We study numerically the nonlinear switching characteristics of optical pulses transmitted though fiber Bragg gratings. We consider both the uniform and phase-shifted gratings and compare their performance as a nonlinear switch. The nonlinear coupled-mode equations were solved numerically to obtain the pulse-switching characteristics. The steady-state behavior known to occur for continuous-wave...

In this paper, the structural features and the methods of turning on high power thyristors, reverse blocking diode thyristors and light activated silicon switches are reviewed. The advantages and limitations of these devices are described together with a description of the performance achieved to date by the various devices. Finally, the operation of these devices in series strings to form high...

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY: Received 15 September 2012 Revised 15 August 2013 Accepted 22 August 2013 This paper presents a novel control method to improve the efficiency of low-voltage DC-DC converters at light loads. Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) converters have poor efficiencies at light loads, while pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control is more efficient for the same cases. Swi...

We propose an exactly solvable model of soliton-based pulse control that describes the physically important situation when the soliton period is much longer than the length of the coupling region in a nonlinear fiber coupler. This case can occur, e.g., in fused-fiber couplers. We demonstrate that the problem of soliton interaction and switching in such a coupler can be reduced to a linear relat...

The multilevel inverters have become more popular during the recent years. The multilevel inverters are applied in many industrial applications such as static VAR compensators, AC power supplies, drive systems, active power filters, etc. The topologies of multilevel inverter have several advantages such as low distortion in output voltage with relative low switching frequency, low harmonic and ...

Introduction Magnetisation transfer contrast (MTC) is an important MR contrast generating mechanism to characterise the immobile macromolecular protons using an off-resonance pre-saturation RF pulse (or MT pulse). As the MT effect occurs by MT pulse irradiation, the condition of the MT pulse is the main source to produce MTC. MTC is normally implemented at a fixed magnetic field; however, it ma...