Resistance of solitons to the effects of polarization dispersion in optical fibers
L. F. MollenauerAT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733C. R. MenyukDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21228K. SmithAT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733J. P. GordonAT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
1989en
ABI
Abstract
Using numerical simulation, we show that solitons of any pulse width can avoid splitting or excessive broadening in response to birefringence of randomly varying orientation as long as the fiber's polarization-dispersion parameter (in psec/km((1/2))) is less than ~0.3D((1/2)), where D is the dispersion parameter (in psec nm(-1) Km(-1)). Nevertheless, we also find that polarization dispersion tends to produce a significant amount of dispersive wave radiation from the soliton.
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