Title :
True soliton transmission through ultra-long laser links
Author :
Harper, P. ; El-Taher, A.E. ; Wang, H. ; Alcon-Camas, M. ; Karalekas, V. ; Ania-Castanon, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham
Abstract :
We present the first experimental demonstration of true (not loss managed) soliton pulse transmission in conventional optical fibre. Experimental FROG spectrograms and numerical simulations confirm the soliton pulse evolution dynamics.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical links; optical solitons; FROG spectrograms; optical fibre; soliton pulse evolution dynamics; true soliton transmission; ultra-long laser links; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Propagation losses; Pulse measurements; Spectrogram;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729138
