Optical fiber as a linear one-dimensional system with frequency dispersion

摘要

The paper presents the findings of the research into the effects of material dispersion in an optical fiber link. The general framework of normal and anomalous dispersion of the second and third orders were formulated by means of a principle of equivalence. The approach to the problem is based on a method of transforming a frequency response of an equivalent liner system into its impulse response with the use of a dispersion characteristic. This approach was used to thoroughly consider the effects of chirping, soliton (stable) propagation and collapse of solitons.