Abstract

We show that guiding filters fundamentally alter the behavior of dispersion-managed soltions by making the pulse energy nearly independent of path-average dispersion $\left(\overline{D}\right)$ in the neighborhood of $\overline{D}=0$. This fact enables one to design maps permitting adequate pulse energy with narrow-bandwidth, temporally broad pulses for the attainment of high spectral efficiency and reduced nonlinear penalties in wavelength-division multiplexing.

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Dispersion-managed solitons for terrestrial transmission

L. F. Mollenauer, R. Bonney, J. P. Gordon, and P. V. Mamyshev
Opt. Lett. 24(5) 285-287 (1999)

Scheme for the characterization of dispersion-managed solitons

J. P. Gordon and L. F. Mollenauer
Opt. Lett. 24(4) 223-225 (1999)

Soliton collisions in wavelength-division-multiplexed dispersion-managed systems

P. V. Mamyshev and L. F. Mollenauer
Opt. Lett. 24(7) 448-450 (1999)

Demonstration of massive wavelength-division multiplexing over transoceanic distances by use of dispersion-managed solitons

L. F. Mollenauer, P. V. Mamyshev, J. Gripp, M. J. Neubelt, N. Mamysheva, Lars Grüner-Nielsen, and Torben Veng
Opt. Lett. 25(10) 704-706 (2000)

Instability of dispersion-managed solitons in a system with filtering

Masayuki Matsumoto
Opt. Lett. 23(24) 1901-1903 (1998)