Abstract
Transmission of picosecond and subpicosecond optical pulses in single-mode fibers is severely limited by distortion due to chromatic dispersion. Several strategies based on dispersion compensation have been employed to overcome this limitation. Second-order dispersion, for example, can be eliminated by operating at the minimum dispersion wavelength. Also, a grating compressor can be used for linear dispersion compensation.1 In soliton propagation, self-phase modulation due to the nonlinear index of refraction compensates for second-order dispersion at well defined optical powers.2 Each of these approaches faces limits imposed by third-order dispersion when the pulse width is reduced to 1 ps or less.3
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