Dispersion-managed soliton interactions in optical fibers

Journal Article · Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.22.000793· OSTI ID:509018

Yu, T; Golovchenko, E A; Pilipetskii, A N; Menyuk, C R ^[1]

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1. Department of Computer Sciences and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250 (United States)

We simulated dispersion-managed soliton propagation and interaction in optical fibers. The energy-enhancement factor, together with the time{endash}bandwidth product and the stretching factor, were calculated as a function of the difference in absolute values of accumulated dispersion in the fiber spans. The interaction strength of the dispersion-managed solitons was found to depend on the stretching factor. When this factor is less than 1.5, the interaction is weaker than for ideal solitons. When it is more than 1.5, there is a strong interaction between the pulses, which constrains the energy enhancement for practical applications. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital Optical Society of America}

• OSTI ID: 509018
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
OPTICAL FIBERS
SOLITONS
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
OPTICAL DISPERSION
SIMULATION