title: Soliton interaction in the presence of loss and periodic amplification in optical fibers.
abstract: The stability of soliton transmission in the presence of loss and periodic amplification is studied when the pulses are closely separated. It is shown that stable transmission can be achieved when solitons are launched with unequal amplitudes to avoid mutual interaction.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desem
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chu