TY - JOUR
T1 - Physics and mathematics of dispersion-managed optical solitons
AU - Turitsyn, Sergei K.
AU - Shapiro, Elena G.
AU - Medvedev, Sergei B.
AU - Fedoruk, Mikhail P.
AU - Mezentsev, Vladimir K.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - We review the main physical and mathematical properties of dispersion-managed (DM) optical solitons. Theory of DM solitons can be presented at two levels of accuracy: first, simple, but nevertheless, quantitative models based on ordinary differential equations governing evolution of the soliton width and phase parameter (the so-called chirp); and second, a comprehensive path-average theory that is capable of describing in detail both the fine structure of DM soliton form and its evolution along the fiber line. An analogy between DM soliton and a macroscopic nonlinear quantum oscillator model is also discussed. © 2003 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
AB - We review the main physical and mathematical properties of dispersion-managed (DM) optical solitons. Theory of DM solitons can be presented at two levels of accuracy: first, simple, but nevertheless, quantitative models based on ordinary differential equations governing evolution of the soliton width and phase parameter (the so-called chirp); and second, a comprehensive path-average theory that is capable of describing in detail both the fine structure of DM soliton form and its evolution along the fiber line. An analogy between DM soliton and a macroscopic nonlinear quantum oscillator model is also discussed. © 2003 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
KW - dispersion-management
KW - fiber communications
KW - optical soliton
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038172445&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1631-0705(03)00008-2
DO - 10.1016/S1631-0705(03)00008-2
M3 - Article
SN - 1631-0705
VL - 4
SP - 145
EP - 161
JO - Comptes Rendus: Physique
JF - Comptes Rendus: Physique
IS - 1
ER -