• DocumentCode
    2654822
  • Title

    Information capacity of nonlinear fiber-optical systems

  • Author

    Wu, Bernard ; Narimanov, Evgenii

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1780
  • 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; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; channel capacity suppression; information capacity; modulation formats; nonlinear fiber-optical systems; nonlinear optical communication system; nonperturbative calculation; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Communication channels; Fiber nonlinear optics; Modulation; Multiaccess communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549280
  • Filename
    1549280