• DocumentCode
    515771
  • Title

    OFDM spectral efficiency limits from fiber and system non-linearities

  • Author

    Haunstein, Herbert ; Mayrock, Markus

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Nuremberg, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Coherent optical OFDM systems offer a straight-forward approach to address high spectral efficiency. Non-linear impairments set limits to the maximum spectral efficiency. The limiting effects are explored by simulations, calibrated from published experimental results.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; OFDM spectral efficiency limits; coherent optical OFDM systems; nonlinear impairments; system nonlinearities; Fiber nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465481