• DocumentCode
    1805922
  • Title

    Information capacity of nonlinear fiber-optical systems

  • Author

    Wu, Bernard ; Narimanov, Evgenii

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We develop information-theoretical description of nonlinear optical communication systems. We present a non-perturbative calculation of the information capacity for different modulation formats, and demonstrate that fiber nonlinearity leads to exponential suppression of the channel capacity.
  • Keywords
    channel capacity; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; channel capacity; fiber nonlinearity; four-wave mixing; information-theoretical description; modulation format; nonlinear optical communication system; nonperturbative calculation; Bandwidth; Communication channels; Communication systems; Four-wave mixing; Modulation; Multiaccess communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192549
  • Filename
    1497629