Title :
Reduction of the dispersive wave in periodically amplified links with initially chirped solitons
Author :
Georges, Thierry ; Charbonnier, Benoit
Author_Institution :
CNET, Lannion, France
Abstract :
It is shown that a prechirping of the input solitons can reduce the dispersive wave created by the focal mismatch between linear and nonlinear effects on a link with large amplifier spacing (Z/sub A//spl ges/50 km) and a small dispersion length (Z/sub c/\n\n\t\t
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical modulation; optical solitons; chirped bandwidth limited amplification; dispersive wave; dispersive wave reduction; focal mismatch; initially chirped solitons; input solitons; large amplifier spacing; linear effects; nonlinear effects; optical fibre communication links; periodically amplified links; small dispersion length; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Contracts; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Kerr effect; Propagation losses; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
