title: Timing jitter owing to intrachannel pulse interactions in dispersion-managed transmission systems.
abstract: We study interaction-induced timing jitter in single-channel dispersion-managed return-to-zero ttransmission systems operating at high map strengths. An equation for the frequency and timing shifts of two interacting pulses is derived by a variational approach. The interaction can be of either an attractive or a repulsive character, and we show that the resultant timing jitter can be reduced by proper design of the dispersion map.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mårtensson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berntson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Westlund
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danielsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johannisson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lisak