Title :
Soliton shepherding: all-optical active soliton control over global distances
Author :
Widdowson, T. ; Malyon, D.J. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Smith, K. ; Blow, Keith J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
fDate :
6/9/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate enhanced soliton transmission control over global distances. A stream of clock pulses can be used to retime (shepherd) high-speed soliton data via a nonlinear interaction in a length of transmission fibre
Keywords :
digital communication systems; optical fibres; optical links; optical solitons; synchronisation; telecommunications control; all-optical active soliton control; clock pulse stream; global distances; high-speed soliton data; nonlinear interaction; optical fibre links; retiming; soliton shepherding; soliton transmission control; transmission fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940673
