Title :
Digital back-propagation of a superchannel: Achievable rates and adaption of the GN model
Author :
Fehenberger, Tobias ; Hanik, Norbert
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Commun. Eng., Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The impact of back-propagating an entire superchannel and sub-channels thereof is quantified by evaluating mutual information. We report a 50 Gb/s per channel increase in data rate. Additionally, the Gaussian Noise model is adapted to take into account back-propagation.
Keywords :
Gaussian noise; backpropagation; optical computing; optical fibre communication; GN model; Gaussian noise model; digital backpropagation; mutual information evaluation; optical fiber communications; subchannels; superchannel; Adaptation models; Modulation; Mutual information; Nonlinear optics; Optical receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963935
