Dark solitons in periodically amplified fiber transmission systems with stepwise-varying dispersion

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1301-1307

  Chen, Yijiang ^a,b   Atai, Javid ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; Dark solitons; Periodicity; Stepwise decreasing dispersion; Transmission systems

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SOLITONS;

AMPLIFIED FIBER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; DARK SOLITONS; STEPWISE VARYING DISPERSION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032122004     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.687876     Document Type: Article

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