title: Analysis of intrachannel impairments in differential phase-shift keying transmission systems.
abstract: The evolution of the phase in a return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying system is studied by the generalized momentum method. The results show that phase fluctuation in the case of dispersion-managed solitons is much smaller than that in quasi-linear systems for a given launch power.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada. kumars@mail.ece.mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Shiva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar