title: Optimal design of dispersion management for a soliton wavelength-division-multiplexed system.
abstract: We obtain analytical formulas for minimizing chirp and timing jitter that lead to optimal designs for a soliton-wavelength-division-multiplexed system with dispersion management and lumped amplifiers. The method used here is the guiding-center theory, from which we obtain a stationary pulse shape (guiding-center soliton) that has enhanced power and an increased time-bandwidth product compared with those of a soliton alone.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan.
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodama
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruta