Polarization division multiplexing with subpicosecond solitons

Author

Pereira, José L. ; Janeiro, Fernando M. ; 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

379

Abstract

After introducing perturbation terms to the Manakov equation to account for higher-order dispersion and for the Raman effect, we analyze polarization division multiplexing with subpicosecond solitons. Dispersion-shifted single-mode fibers operating at 1.55 μm are considered

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; perturbation theory; 1.55 mum; Manakov equation; Raman effect; dispersion-shifted single-mode fibers; higher-order dispersion; optical fibre communication; perturbation terms; polarization division multiplexing; subpicosecond solitons; Equations; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telecommunication computing;

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.1997.630679

Filename

630679