Title :
Evaluation of dispersive waves in soliton pulses generated from Mach-Zehnder modulator and singlemode fibre
Author :
Toda, H. ; Yamaguchi, N. ; Kodama, Y. ; Shiozaki, T. ; Hasegawa, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
fDate :
6/11/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Dispersive wave energy included in a soliton pulse generated from a Mach-Zehnder modulator and a single-mode fibre is evaluated. When pulse repetition is 10 GHz, the minimum dispersive wave energy is only 0.23% when the pulsewidth is 23 ps, and 3% even when the pulsewidth is 13 ps
Keywords :
optical solitons; Mach-Zehnder modulator; dispersive waves; single-mode fibre; soliton pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980835