STABLE PROPAGATION OF SOLITONS WITH INCREASED ENERGY THROUGH THE COMBINED ACTION OF DISPERSION MANAGEMENT AND PERIODIC SATURABLE ABSORPTION

It is shown, through numerical simulations, that by using a combinatio n of dispersion management and periodic saturable absorption it is pos sible to transmit solitonlike pulses with greatly increased energy nea r to the zero net dispersion wavelength. This system is shown to suppo rt the stable propagation of solitons over transoceanic distances for a wide range of input powers. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.