title: Reduction of collision-induced timing jitter in dense wavelength-division multiplexing by the use of periodic-group-delay dispersion compensators.
abstract: We show how replacement of a modest fraction of the usual fiber-based dispersion compensation with a periodic-group-delay dispersion-compensating module can result in a drastic reduction in collision-induced timing jitter in dense wavelength-division multiplexing with dispersion-managed solitons. The principal mechanism here is a correspondingly large reduction in the net path over which a pair of colliding pulses interact.
authors.affiliation: Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA.
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chongjin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Linn F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Mollenauer