DocumentCode
3587603
Title
All-optical soliton control using soliton shepherding for long distance transmission and optical memory applications
Author
Widdowson, T. ; Malyon, D.J. ; Ellis, AD ; Smith, K. ; Blow, K.J.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
fYear
1994
fDate
11/11/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
42430
Lastpage
42432
Abstract
We 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. This simple technique has applications in high capacity long haul soliton links and recirculating loop soliton memories
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical solitons; optical storage; all-optical soliton control; clock pulses; enhanced soliton transmission control; f transmission fibre; global distances; high capacity long haul soliton links; high-speed soliton data; long distance transmission; nonlinear interaction; optical memory applications; recirculating loop soliton memories; retime; soliton shepherding f;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Solitons: Principles and Applications, IEE Colloquium on
Type
conf
Filename
383697
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