Abstract

Mollenauer et al., have experimentally demonstrated the transmission of optical solitons in a single mode fiber over large distance up to 10000 km [1]. The interaction of solitons is one of the factors limiting the achievable transmission rate, in soliton communication systems. In contrast to short-range (Kerr-like) soliton interaction which decreases strongly with the increasing distance between solitons, a long-range interaction, which occurs when the distance between the pulses is much larger than their duration, can not be easily avoided. Such an interaction .has been experimentally observed by Smith and Mollenauer [2].

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