In dispersion-managed systems, the evolution of a pulse is governed by a
cubic nonlinear Schroedinger equation with rapidly varying coefficients.
The averaged dynamics can be described by a Hamiltonian integral equation
which possesses ground states that correspond to stable solitary waves in
the original equation. We study how these solutions behave in more
realistic models that account for third-order dispersion and random variations
of the dispersion.
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