• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 3, Issue 10, 10562 (2005)
Wenhua Cao1、* and Songhao Liu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information, Wuyi University, Jiangmen 529020
  • 2School for Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631
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    Wenhua Cao, Songhao Liu. Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated gain-distributed nonlinear amplifying fiber loop mirrors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(10): 10562 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Stable picosecond soliton transmission is demonstrated numerically by use of concatenated gain-distributed nonlinear amplifying fiber loop mirrors (NALMs). We show that, as compared with previous soliton transmission schemes that use conventional NALMs or nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) and amplifier combinations, the present scheme permits significant increase of loop-mirror (amplifier) spacing. The broad switching window of the present device and the high quality pulses switched from it provide a reasonable stability range for soliton transmission. Soliton-soliton interactions can be reduced efficiently by using lowly dispersive fibers.
    Wenhua Cao, Songhao Liu. Picosecond soliton transmission using concatenated gain-distributed nonlinear amplifying fiber loop mirrors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(10): 10562
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