Soliton shepherding: All-optical active soliton control over global distances
Soliton shepherding: All-optical active soliton control over global distances
- Author(s): T. Widdowson ; D.J. Malyon ; A.D. Ellis ; K. Smith ; K.J. Blow
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19940673
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- Author(s): T. Widdowson 1 ; D.J. Malyon 1 ; A.D. Ellis 1 ; K. Smith 1 ; K.J. Blow 1
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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Volume 30, Issue 12,
9 June 1994,
p.
990 – 991
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940673 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The authors demonstrate enhanced soliton transmission control over global distances. A stream of clock pulses can be used to retime (shepherd) high-speed soliton data via a nonlinear interaction in a length of transmission fibre.
Inspec keywords: optical solitons; digital communication systems; optical links; synchronisation; telecommunications control; optical fibres
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Subjects: Nonlinear optics and devices; Fibre optics; Optical communication
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