Modulational instabilities in fibres with periodic dispersion

N J Smith; Nick Doran

doi:10.1364/OL.21.000570

Modulational instabilities in fibres with periodic dispersion

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Abstract

We analytically and numerically analyze the occurrence of modulational instability in fibers with periodic changes in the group-velocity dispersion. For small variations, a set of resonances occurs in the gain spectrum. However, large dispersion variations eliminate these resonances and restrict the bandwidth of the fundamental gain spectrum. This research has been motivated by the adoption of dispersion management techniques in long-haul optical communications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	570-572
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	21
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.21.000570
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 1996

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Topical Meeting on Nonlinear Guided-Wave Phenomena Technical Digest

Keywords

modulational instability
dispersion
spectrum
resonance
bandwidth
dispersion management technique
optical communication

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Modulational instabilities in fibres with periodic dispersion

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