• DocumentCode
    688784
  • Title

    Fundamental limits on the energy consumption in fiber-optic communications

  • Author

    Antonelli, C. ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Shtaif, Mark ; Winzer, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Chem. Sci., Univ. of L´Aquila, L´Aquila, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that optically amplified multi-span transmission systems are suboptimal in terms of fundamental energy consumption. Using generalized on-off keying with photon-counting inline regeneration improves the fundamental energy consumption by orders of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    amplitude shift keying; energy consumption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; photon counting; fiber-optic communications; fundamental energy consumption; fundamental limits; generalized on-off keying; optically amplified multispan transmission systems; photon-counting inline regeneration; Energy consumption; Noise; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photonics; Receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833159