Abstract
The evolution of optical pulses in strongly dispersion-managed systems is studied. For large map strength s, the nonlinearity decreases as O(logs/s), and the spectral intensity is an invariant. A unified description of solitons and quasi-linear pulses is explained.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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