Abstract

For the transmission of a transform-limited pulse over a distance z in a nonlinear dispersive fiber, the rms pulsewidth σ(z) grows linearly with z/Ld when Ld << Ln (linear limit) and linearly with $\text{z}/\sqrt{{\text{L}}_{\text{d}}{\text{L}}_{\text{n}}}$ when L_d > L_n (strong nonlinearity), where L_d and L_n are the dispersion and nonlinear lengths, respectively.¹

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