Propagation of a solitonlike nonlinear pulse in average normal group-velocity dispersion and its unsuitability for high-speed, long-distance optical transmission

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 409-418

  Nakazawa, Masataka ^a   Sahara, Akio ^a   Kubota, Hirokazu ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SOLITONS;

GROUP-VELOCITY DISPERSIONS (GVD);

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035625304     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000409     Document Type: Article

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