Achievable information rates for high-speed long-haul optical transmission

Author

Djordjevic, Ivan B. ; Vasic, Bane ; Ivkovic, Milos ; Gabitov, Ildar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

23

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

3755

Lastpage

3763

Abstract

There have been numerous attempts to determine the channel capacity of a nonlinear fiber-optic communication channel. The main approach was to consider amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise as a predominant effect and to observe the fiber nonlinearities as the perturbation of a linear case or as the multiplicative noise. In this paper, the achievable information rates for high-speed optical transmission (40 Gb/s and above) are calculated using the finite-state-machine approach. In calculations, the combined effect of ASE noise, Kerr nonlinearity [self-phase modulation (SPM), intrachannel four-wave mixing (IFWM), intrachannel cross-phase modulation (IXPM)], stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), chromatic dispersion, and (optical/electrical) filtering is taken into account.

Keywords

finite state machines; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical noise; self-phase modulation; stimulated Raman scattering; superradiance; telecommunication channels; Kerr nonlinearity; amplified spontaneous emission; channel capacity; chromatic dispersion; finite-state-machine approach; information rates; intrachannel cross-phase modulation; intrachannel four-wave mixing; multiplicative noise; nonlinear fiber-optic communication; optical/electrical filtering; perturbation; self-phase modulation; stimulated Raman scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Information rates; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission; Achievable information rates; Shannon´s capacity; fiber nonlinearities; finite-state machine; long-haul transmission; optical communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.857751

Filename

1561405