Nonlinear Gain Control of Dispersion-Managed Soliton Amplitude and Collisions

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-121

  Hirooka, T ^a   Wabnitz, S ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL FILTERS; SOLITONS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DISPERSION-MANAGED (DM) SOLITONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0042203180     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1999.0325     Document Type: Article

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