Physics and Applications of Optical Solitons in Fibres ’95: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Kyoto, Japan, November 14–17 1995

399 Pages·1996·30.64 MB·English

by  N. J. Doran

PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF OPTICAL SOLITONS IN FIBRES '95
SOLID-STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY
Volume 3
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Physics and
Applications of
Optical Solitons in
Fibres '95
Proceedings of the Symposium
held in Kyoto, Japan, November 14 -17 1995
Edited by
Akira Hasegawa
Department of Communication Engineering,
Osaka University,
Suita, Japan
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ORGANIZER AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Organizer
Research Group for Optical Soliton Communications (ROSC)
Chairman: Akira HASEGAWA, Osaka University
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Kazuro KIKUCHI, University of Tokyo
Masayuki MATSUMOTO, Osaka University
Kiyoshi NAKAGAWA, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ....................................................................................................x i
Dispersion As Control Parameter
in Soliton Transmission Systems .............................................................. 1
N. J. Doran, N. J. Smith, W. Forysiak and F. M. Knox
Aston University, United Kingdom
Dispersion Managements on Soliton Transmission in Fibers
with Lumped Amplifiers ........................................................................... 15
Y. Kodama, Ohio State University, U.S.A.
S. Kumar and A. Hasegawa, Osaka University, Japan
A Dispersion-Allocated Soliton and Its Impact
on Soliton Communication .................................................................... 27
H. Kubota and M. Nakazawa, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan
NRZ Soliton Transmission Scheme ...................................................... 37
M. Haelterman and M. Badolo, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
A. P. Sheppard, Australian National University, Australia
Perturbed Solitons in Birefringent Fibres .............................................. 53
J. N. Elgin, Imperial College, United Kingdom
Parametric Cooling of Solitons .............................................................. 59
V. S. Grigoryan, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
A. Hasegawa and A. Maruta, Osaka University, Japan
Nonlinear Theory of Soliton Instabilities ................................................ 75
Y. S. Kivshar, V. V. Afanasjev and A. V. Buryak,
The Australian National University, Australia
D. E. Pelinovsky, Monash University, Australia
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Stochastic Instability of Chirped Optical Solitons in Media
with Periodic Amplification ..................................................................... 89
F. KH. Abdullaev, Uzbek Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan
Femtosecond Pulse Generation from Semiconductor Lasers
Using Soliton Effect Compression and Its Application
to Ultrafast Electro-Optic Sampling Measurements .............................. 99
H. F. Liu, University of Melbourne, Australia
T. Kamiya, University of Tokyo, Japan
Ultrahigh Bit Rate Generation and Applications .................................. 115
S. V. Chernikov, M. J. Guy and J. R. Taylor, Imperial College
England
Monolithic Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers
for High Speed Optical Communication Systems ................................ 129
S. Arahira, Y. Ogawa and Y. Matsui, Oki Electric Industry, Japan
Generation of Solitonic Pulses in CW-Pumped Brillouin
or Raman Fiber-Ring Lasers ............................................................... 145
C. Montes, Universite de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
High-Speed Fiber Transmission Using Optical Phase Conjugation .... 163
S. Watanabe and T. Chikama, Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan
Design and Characterization of Optical Fibers
for High Capacity Transmission ......................................................... 177
M. Nishimura, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Japan
Application of Optical Soliton for Ultra-Fast Long-Haul Transmission
and Measurement Technology ............................................................ 191
K. Iwatsuki, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan
Alternatives for Soliton Transmission over Transoceanic Distances .... 209
E. Desurvire and J. Chesnoy, Alcatel Corporate Research Centre, France
ix
Soliton Family and Solitonics .............................................................. 237
Y. Fujii, University of Tokyo, Japan
Optical Cavitons .................................................................................. 249
S. Wabnitz, Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy
Linear Perspective of Solitons ............................................................ 263
A. W. Snyder, D. 1. Mitchell and Y. S. Kivshar
The Australian National University, Australia
Dispersion Decreasing Fibres for Soliton Generation
and Transmission Line Loss Compensation ....................................... 277
D. J. Richardson, R. P. Chamberlain, L. Dong and D. N. Payne
Southampton University, United Kingdom
Effects of Nonlinear Gain on Soliton Transmission in Fibers .............. 293
M. Matsumoto and A. Hasegawa, Osaka Universjty, Japan
Nonlinear Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fibers
with Randomly Varying Birefringence ................................................. 307
P. K. A. Wai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
C. R. Menyuk, University of Maryland, U.S.A.
The Application of Optical Phase Conjugation
in Soliton Communications ................................................................. 319
S. Chi, S. Wen and J-c. Dung, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Effect of Mutual Interactions on the Bit-Rate
in Soliton Communication Systems .................................................... 333
A. N. Pilipetskii and C. R. Menyuk, University of Maryland, U.S.A.
x
Future Undersea Systems --- Will Soliton Be Needed? ...................... 345
P. K. Runge, AT&T Bell Laboratories, U.S.A.
Implementable Soliton System Design ............................................... 351
Juan Farre and T.Ono, NEC Corporation, Japan
Breathing Soliton in Cascaded Transmission System
with Passive Dispersion Compensation .............................................. 365
I. R. Gabitov, L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia
S. K. Turitsyn, Heinrich-Heine-Universitiit Dusseldorf, Germany
Multi-Ten Gbitls Soliton Transmission
over Transoceanic Distances .............................................................. 375
M. Suzuki, N. Edagawa, I. Morita, S. Yamamoto, H. Taga and S. Akiba
KDD R&D Laboratories, Japan
Index .....................................................................................................3 93
List of Contributors ............................................................................... 397
Preface
This book summarizes the proceedings of the invited talks presented at the
International Symposium of Physics and Application of Optical Solitons in Fibers
held in Kyoto during November 14 to 17,1995. As a result of worldwide demand
for ultra high bitrate transmissions and increased scientific interests from the soliton
community, research on optical solitons in fibers has made a remarkable progress
in recent years. In view of these trends, and with the support of the Japanese
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Research Group for Optical Soliton
Communications (ROSC), chaired by Akira Hasegawa, was established in Japan
in April 1995 to promote collaboration and information exchange 'among
communication service companies, industries and academic circles in the theory
and application of optical solitons. This symposium was organized as a part of the
ROSC activities.
The symposium attracted enthusiastic response by worldwide researchers
involved in this subject which has lead to the most intensive meeting that the
editor ever attended. The reader will find the contents to be well-balanced among
theory, experiment and technology. Although the evaluation of the contents shall
naturally depend on the particular area of interest of the reader, the symposium
has confirmed that the soliton based light wave transmission has achieved the best
result in one channel, both in distance of transmission and in bitrate although in
wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) systems, NRZ transmission has yet better
result.
In this regard, fiber dispersion managements, which are attracting increased
interests as indicated by three invited talks here, are expected, among other things,
to enhance soliton WDM capability. Thus, new soliton based WDM experiments
using dispersion managed fiber are awaited. This is just one additional example
that research on optical solitons has room to achieve innovation and quantum
jump in theory and application. The symposium has also confirmed that optical
solitons and soliton phenomena have a wide range of applications not limited to
optical signal transmissions, and their research is attracting scientists from a wide
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