Title :
Collisions in dispersion managed soliton propagation
Author :
Chen, Y. ; Haus, H.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We study collisions in dispersion-managed pulse propagation at and near zero net dispersion. We show that the collisions can lead to group velocity changes and spectral collapse. Filters prevent spectral collapse but do not affect the velocity changes.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; telecommunication network management; dispersion managed soliton propagation collisions; dispersion-managed pulse propagation; group velocity changes; near zero net dispersion; optical filters; spectral collapse; velocity changes; Dispersion; Filters; Frequency; Laboratories; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Solitons; Technology management; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766386
