Symmetries, chirp-free points, and bistability in dispersion-managed fiber lines

We show from an elementary symmetry analysis that, in dispersion-compensated systems for which a lossless model is valid, nonlinearity requires a chirp-free point at the center of symmetry (if such exists) of the map for any kind of unique periodic solution. We also present an example of a more-comp...

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Published in:Optics letters 1999-12, Vol.24 (24), p.1871-1873
Main Authors: Turitsyn, S K, Nijhof, J H, Mezentsev, V K, Doran, N J
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Language:English
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Summary:We show from an elementary symmetry analysis that, in dispersion-compensated systems for which a lossless model is valid, nonlinearity requires a chirp-free point at the center of symmetry (if such exists) of the map for any kind of unique periodic solution. We also present an example of a more-complex map when the periodic solution is not unique.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.24.001871