Solitons for breaking barriers to terabit/second WDM and OTDM transmission in the next millennium

Masataka Nakazawa

doi:10.1109/2944.902187

Solitons for breaking barriers to terabit/second WDM and OTDM transmission in the next millennium

Masataka Nakazawa

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Abstract

If an optical pulse has a self-waveform-stabilization effect, it would be very useful for high-speed communication and signal processing. An optical soliton governed by the nonlinear Schrodinger equation is such a pulse, as it balances the group, velocity dispersion with the fiber nonlinearity self-phase modulation. In this paper, we describe progress on ultrahigh-speed optical communication in the time [time-division multiplexing (TDM)] and frequency domains [wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)] using soliton effects. Especially, we describe 1-Tb/s WDM soliton transmission and 1.28-Tb/s optical TDM (OTDM) linear transmission, in which the soliton effects play important roles in making the experiment successful. These techniques help pave the path for optical technology of the next century.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1332-1343
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/2944.902187
Publication status	Published - 2000 Nov
Externally published	Yes

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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