Soliton coding based on shape invariant interacting soliton packets: the three-soliton case

Year: 1994

Authors: Akhmediev N.N., Town G., Wabnitz S.

Autors Affiliation: Optical Sciences Centre, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia; Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, 00142 Rome, Italy

Abstract: Proposed is the transmission of optical information by soliton coding based on exact N-soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation whose intensity profile yields N pulses that propagate without significant changes of their relative distance and amplitude. Presented is an example of a three-soliton sequence that may be generated by phase coding three equal amplitude solitons and that stably propagates in a long distance transmission system with bandwidth limited periodic amplification.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS (PRINT)

Volume: 104 (4-6)      Pages from: 385  to: 390

KeyWords: Amplification; Encoding (symbols); Light transmission; Nonlinear equations; Optical communication; Packet switching; Pulse amplitude modulation, Bandwidth; Exact multisoliton solutions; Long distance transmission systems; Nonlinear Schrodinger equation; Optical information transmission; Periodic amplification; Relative distance; Soliton coding; Three soliton sequence, Optical data processing
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(94)90575-4