Physics and Applications of Optical Solitons in Fibres ’95

This volume contains the invited papers presented at the International Symposium on Physics and Applications of Optical Solitons in Fibres held in Kyoto, Japan, November 14-17, 1995. The symposium focuses on recent progress in the application of optical solitons for ultra-high-speed communication. Fibre-based optical communication is making progress both in the speed and the distance of propagation. Here, the optical soliton is regarded as a powerful candidate because of its stable waveform even in the picosecond pulse range. The symposium attracted the authorities on the subject and presented the most recent research results.