Bandwidth limits of soliton transmission with sliding filters

Year: 1994

Authors: Romagnoli M., Wabnitz S., Midrio M.

Autors Affiliation: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Via B. Castiglione 59, 00142 Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Electronica e Informatica, Università di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6 /A, 35131 Padova, Italy

Abstract: The limitations to the maximum transmission capacity in a long distance soliton transmission system with sliding guiding filters are studied. Shown is that sliding the center frequency of the filters may substantially stabilize the soliton even in the case of strong resonance overlap with the radiation that originates from the periodic amplification. This permits a considerable reduction of both the minimum pulse width and pulse-to-pulse separation in the transmission.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS (PRINT)

Volume: 104 (4-6)      Pages from: 293  to: 297

KeyWords: Bandwidth compression; Dispersion (waves); Frequency modulation; Mathematical models; Optical communication; Optical filters; Pulse amplitude modulation; Resonance; Telecommunication networks, Minimum pulse width; Pulse to pulse separation; Sliding filter; Soliton transmission; Synchronous amplitude modulation; Ultralong transmission system, Light transmission
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(94)90558-4