Title :
Experimental demonstration of soliton transmission over 28 Mm using mostly normal dispersion fiber
Author :
Jacob, J.M. ; Golovchenko, E.A. ; Pilipetskii, A.N. ; Carter, G.M. ; Menyuk, C.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report on stable soliton propagation experiments in a fiber transmission system consisting of more than 90% normal dispersion fiber. The transmission system has a dispersion map much like that used in nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) pulse transmission but with a path-average anomalous dispersion of +0.1 ps/nm-km. A stable soliton pulse train at 8 GHz has been observed after 28 Mm of propagation in a 108-km recirculating fiber-optic loop. A significant enhancement in the average soliton power required for stable transmission in a dispersion map with alternating signs of dispersion is experimentally demonstrated for the first time. Theoretical modeling of our experiment is in good agreement with our findings.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; 28 Mm; 8 GHz; NRZ pulse transmission; dispersion management; normal dispersion fiber; recirculating loop; soliton transmission; Band pass filters; Filtering; Gain; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Power system modeling;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
