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We report the narrowing of pulses, initially 7 psec FWHM, to widths as small as 0.26 psec by various lengths, short relative to the soliton period, of single-mode, low-loss optical fiber. Since the ~1.5-microm wavelength lies in the region of negative group-velocity dispersion ( partial differentialv(g)/ partial differentiallambda 10) soliton number. We show these results to be in at least semiquantitative agreement with prediction based on the nonlinear Schrödinger equation.
Mollenauer et al. (1983) studied this question.