Title :
Influence of polarisation-mode dispersion on soliton interaction in dispersion-managed soliton transmission systems
Author :
Takushima, Y. ; Douke, T. ; Kikuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fDate :
6/21/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The influence of polarisation-mode dispersion (PMD) on the degree of soliton interaction in dispersion-managed soliton transmission systems is numerically investigated. It is shown that PMD could reduce or enhance the degree of soliton interaction depending on the fibre birefringence, and that a reduction in the degree of soliton interaction is likely to occur under realistic operation conditions, thus extending the transmission distance
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; telecommunication network management; dispersion-managed soliton transmission systems; fibre birefringence; operation conditions; polarisation-mode dispersion; soliton interaction; transmission distance;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010566
