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          <dc:contributor>Langbort, Cedric</dc:contributor>
          <dc:contributor>Langbort, Cedric</dc:contributor>
          <dc:creator>Koehn, Thaddeus E.</dc:creator>
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significant interest in overcoming the data rate limitations of fiber
communication systems. In this thesis a solution is proposed: controlled soliton
propagation. This solution requires the use of new technology in the form of
tunable dispersion fibers that can be tuned quickly and continuously. Assuming
such a fiber can be created, control is applied so as to produce Gaussian pulses
that overcome current fiber limitations by balancing dispersion and nonlinearity.
The pulses will experience no dispersion on average and thus allow ultra-short
pulse widths to be propagated. Simulated results suggest that this solution may
succeed in propagating ultra-short pulses where current propagation techniques
fail.</dc:description>
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          <dc:rights>Copyright 2010 Thaddeus Koehn</dc:rights>
          <dc:subject>Nonlinear</dc:subject>
          <dc:subject>Soliton</dc:subject>
          <dc:subject>control</dc:subject>
          <dc:subject>Hopf</dc:subject>
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          <dc:title>Controlled optical soliton propagation using theoretical tunable dispersion fibers</dc:title>
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