A master integral equation for the analysis of a dispersion-managed transmission link

摘要

Dispersion management is analyzed with a regular perturbative method where the nonlinear effects are considered as a small perturbation when compared with the high local dispersion. In the spectral domain, a master integral equation is obtained that describes the stroboscopic evolution of a pulse along a periodic dispersion map. Functional analysis is used to find analytical approximations concerning the profile of dispersion-managed solutions.