Abstract

Optical solitons can be transmitted through a low-loss fiber to a distance exceeding 6 × 10³ without a conventional repeater if they are amplified periodically at appropriate distances. An example of a numerical simulation for a 2-gigabit/sec system is presented with solitons having peak power of 11.2 mW, a width of 34.2 psec in a monomode fiber with a cross-sectional area of 20 μm², a loss rate of 0.2 dB/km at λ = 1.5 μm, and amplifiers with 2-dB power gain spaced at every 10 km.

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Amplification and reshaping of optical solitons in a glass fiber—I

Akira Hasegawa and Yuji Kodama
Opt. Lett. 7(6) 285-287 (1982)

Amplification and reshaping of optical solitons in glass fiber—III. amplifiers with random gain

Yuji Kodama and Akira Hasegawa
Opt. Lett. 8(6) 342-344 (1983)

Amplification and reshaping of optical solitons in a glass fiber—IV: Use of the stimulated Raman process

Akira Hasegawa
Opt. Lett. 8(12) 650-652 (1983)

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