Abstract

By using an appropriate scheme of dispersion in a fiber, the so-called dispersion-managed pulses have been shown to exist in the non-linear regime of propagation [1]. The use of alternatively positive and negative dispersion fibers leads to the propagation of a breathing pulse, which seems to present a lot of advantages, like a higher energy, reduced modulational instability, smaller jitter caused by collisions between signals, reduced Gordon-Haus effect….

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