Abstract

Soliton-based optical communication systems are attracting considerable attention due to their potential of increasing significantly the capacity of long-haul lightwave systems.¹ Because of fiber loss, one must insert amplifiers periodically along the link and make use of the concept of average soliton. However, the conditions of applicability of this average-soliton regime limit the bit rates to 10-20 Gbit/s.

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