title: Energy-scaling characteristics of solitons in strongly dispersion-managed fibers.
abstract: We present an empirical scaling law that models the increased energy required for launching a soliton into an optical system with sections of both normal and anomalous dispersion fiber. It is shown that the inclusion of periodic attenuation and amplification can be handled as separate problems, provided that the interval between optical amplifiers is substantially different from the period of the dispersion map. These concepts are illustrated by reference to an example system comprising dispersion-shifted fiber combined with anomalous standard fiber.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Knox
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Forysiak