DocumentCode
2055780
Title
Exploring capacity limits of fibre-optic mommunication systems
Author
Essiambre, René-Jean ; Foschini, Gerard J. ; Winzer, Peter J. ; Kramer, Gerhard
Author_Institution
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Rd, Holmdel, NJ, 07733, USA
fYear
2008
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The problem of evaluating the maximum possible rate of information transmission in fibre-optic communication systems is discussed. A spectral efficiency of ∼7 bits/s/Hz over 1000 km in one polarization is shown to be theoretically achievable.
Keywords
Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Brussels, Belgium
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2228-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729285
Filename
4729285
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