Information capacity of nonlinear wavelength division multiplexing fiber optic transmission line

Stark, J. B., Mitra, P., Sengupta, A. (2001) Information capacity of nonlinear wavelength division multiplexing fiber optic transmission line. Optical Fiber Technology, 7 (4). pp. 275-288. ISSN 10685200 (ISSN)

Abstract

We report the first determination of the impact of optical nonlinearities on the information capacity of a fiber optic transmission channel. By modeling interchannel interference in a nonlinear wavelength division multiplexing transmission system as multiplicative Gaussian noise, we show that the information capacity is reduced below the Shannon capacity of the linear communications channel. For systems of practical interest, this imposes a fundamental limitation on the spectral efficiency of optical data transmission.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Channel capacity Communication channels information theory Data communication systems Fiber optics Gaussian noise electronic Light transmission Nonlinear optics Optical communication Fiber optic transmission channel Fiber optic transmission line Interchannel interference Optical data transmission Shannon capacity Wavelength division multiplexing
Subjects: physics > fiber optic communications
physics
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL labs > Mitra lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 2001
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2012 20:26
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2017 21:13
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/25884

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