title: Dark and gray strong dispersion-managed solitons.
abstract: Dark and gray solitons in communication systems with strong dispersion management (DM) are obtained. These new modes are characterized by a decaying oscillatory background. Unlike the bright DM solitons in which the oscillations are observed only on a logarithmic scale, here the oscillations are dominant on a linear scale and become very strong for moderate map strength.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Campus Box 526, Boulder, CO 80309-0526, USA.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ablowitz
authors.forename: Ziad H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Musslimani