title: Intrachannel pulse interactions in dispersion-managed transmission systems: energy transfer.
abstract: Energy transfer between adjacent pulses as a result of nonlinear intrachannel interactions in a transmission system with strong periodic dispersion management is analyzed. With small average dispersion, the energy change between nonzero bits grows linearly with respect to distance in the presence of loss and lumped amplification, whereas in a lossless system the energy change is found to be significantly suppressed. The analytical results compare favorably with the results of direct numerical simulation of the full system.
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ablowitz
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirooka