DISPERSION-MANAGED SOLITON-INTERACTIONS IN OPTICAL FIBERS

We simulated dispersion-managed soliton propagation and interaction in optical fibers. The energy-enhancement factor, together with the time -bandwidth product and the stretching factor, were calculated as a fun ction of the difference in absolute values of accumulated dispersion i n the fiber spans. The interaction strength of the dispersion-managed solitons was found to depend on the stretching factor. When this facto r is less than 1.5, the interaction is weaker than for ideal solitons. When it is more than 1.5, there is a strong interaction between the p ulses, which constrains the energy enhancement for practical applicati ons. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.