title: Solitons emerging from pulses launched in the vicinity of the zero-dispersion point in a single-mode optical fiber.
abstract: It is shown that solitons emerging from pulses launched with frequencies at, or close to, the zero-dispersion point in a single-mode optical fiber are ordinary bright solitons corresponding to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. These solitons are inherently frequency shifted into the anomalous-dispersion regime, where the third-order dispersion acts as a small perturbation. We therefore conclude that an optical-soliton-based communication system should be designed with the carrier frequency in the anomalous-dispersion regime but not too close to the zero-dispersion point, where the formation of an unwanted dispersive-wave component would degrade the system performance.
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desaix
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lisak