Influence of noise in optical pulse source on soliton transmission

This paper performed a 10-Gb/s optical soliton transmission experiment in a sliding frequency recirculating loop and found that the noise in optical p ulse source decreased error-free distance. This is because the mean frequen cy of soliton at the pulse source is modulated by the noise which results i n the increase of timing jitter at the receiver even in a strong sliding fr equency controlled soliton transmission line. Jitter in arrival time of tra nsmitted solitons was theoretically analyzed to verify experimental results .