Title :
OSNR margin assessment for optical transmissions in the nonlinear regime with forward error correction
Author :
Liu, X. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Gnauck, A. ; Wei, X.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We study numerically and experimentally the OSNR margin of high-speed transmissions in the nonlinear regime. It is found that the actual FEC coding gains can be much larger than those quoted for the linear case.
Keywords :
encoding; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; FEC coding gain; SNR; forward error correction; nonlinear regime; optical transmissions; Electrons; Error correction; Forward error correction; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Testing; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248388
