Abstract

We analyze pulse propagation in an optical fiber employing a periodic dispersion map. Second-order averaging is used to determine a general evolution equation valid for both return-to-zero and non-return-to-zero pulses in dispersion-managed systems. The equation is then applied to the case of solitons, and an analytic expression for the power enhancement arising from the dispersion management is obtained.

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Dispersion-managed soliton dynamics

V. S. Grigoryan, T. Yu, E. A. Golovchenko, C. R. Menyuk, and A. N. Pilipetskii
Opt. Lett. 22(21) 1609-1611 (1997)

Quasi-soliton propagation in dispersion-managed optical fibers

Shiva Kumar and Akira Hasegawa
Opt. Lett. 22(6) 372-374 (1997)

Dispersion-managed soliton interactions in optical fibers

T. Yu, E. A. Golovchenko, A. N. Pilipetskii, and C. R. Menyuk
Opt. Lett. 22(11) 793-795 (1997)

Optimal dispersion maps for wavelength-division-multiplexed soliton transmission

Tian-Shiang Yang, William L. Kath, and Sergei K. Turitsyn
Opt. Lett. 23(8) 597-599 (1998)

Optimal design of dispersion management for a soliton–wavelength-division-multiplexed system

Yuji Kodama and Akihiro Maruta
Opt. Lett. 22(22) 1692-1694 (1997)