ABSTRACT
This chapter presents another soliton oscillator architecture called the reflection soliton oscillator. In the reflection soliton oscillator, instead of circling, a soliton pulse travels back and forth on an nonlinear transmission line (NLTL). The chapter presents the design, fabrication, and experimental results of the reflection soliton oscillator. The pulse reflected at the amplifier end travels down the NLTL towards the open, during which the NLTL compresses the pulse, forming it into a sharp soliton. The chapter examines what would happen if the level-dependent gain is not in force, or more specifically, regardless and all signal levels receive gain upon reflection from the amplifier end. The pulse reflection at the open end of the NLTL, illustrated is interesting and useful, for it offers an extra pulse sharpening mechanism, in addition to the sharpening that occurs during pulse propagation on the NLTL. The incoming and reflected pulses (voltages) superpose to increase the joint voltage at the open end.
