DARK-SOLITON TIMING JITTER CAUSED BY FLUCTUATIONS IN INITIAL PULSE-SHAPE

The dark-soliton timing jitters caused by fluctuations in either the s oliton initial phase angle or the background amplitude when such a sol iton propagates in a monomode optical fiber under the influence of the stimulated Raman scattering are investigated and compared with those that exist when the stimulated Raman scattering is not present. In add ition, it is demonstrated that in the presence of the stimulated Raman scattering, there exists a distance at which, for the negative solito n initial phase angle, the dark-soliton timing jitter caused by fluctu ations in the background amplitude becomes zero.