Wavelength division multiplexing with fiber solitons launched near the zero-dispersion wavelength

Author

Manica, Luís M. ; Costa, Jorge R. ; Paiva, Carlos R.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Engenharia Electrotecnica e de Computadores, Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Lisbon, Portugal

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

377

Abstract

We have investigated WDM with solitons launched near the zero-dispersion wavelength of dispersion-shifted single-mode fibers. The effect of initial overlap and the dispersion mismatch between the two channels of a bichromatic system are both analyzed. We have shown that the μ-coefficient, accounting for the dispersion mismatch between channels, plays an important role: there is an upper bound for μ above which the WDM system is not stable for long-haul links. There is a possible trade off between μ, the initial overlap q₀ and the total distance L

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; bichromatic system; dispersion mismatch; dispersion-shifted single-mode fibers; fiber solitons; initial overlap; long-haul links; total distance; wavelength division multiplexing; zero-dispersion wavelength; Differential equations; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telecommunication computing; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630678

Filename

630678