Suppression of sideband frequency shifts in the modulational instability spectra of wave propagation in optical fiber systems

Opt Lett. 2007 May 15;32(10):1287-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.001287.

Abstract

In standard optical fibers with constant chromatic dispersion, modulational instability (MI) sidebands execute undesirable frequency shifts due to fiber losses. By means of a technique based on average-dispersion-decreasing dispersion-managed fibers, we achieve both complete suppression of the sideband frequency shifts and fine control of the MI frequencies, without any compromise in the MI power gain.