Abstract

Many soliton recirculating-loop experiments demonstrated the potential for transoceanic transmission without pulse distortion. The recirculating loop offers an exact uniform transmission line even in large variation of fiber dispersion in the loop as long as the loop length is short relative to the soliton period. Straight transmission lines, however, distort soliton pulse accompanied with dispersive wave radiation due to the fluctuation of fiber dispersion along the line[1]. Therefore, one of the key issues for developing soliton transmission systems is how to unify the transmission line in a practical manner.

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