Title :
Dynamics of intra super-channel fiber nonlinearity compensation in flex-grid optical networks
Author :
Rafique, Danish ; Rahman, Tanvir ; Napoli, Antonio ; Spinnler, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Coriant R&D GmbH, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
The benefit of intra super-channel nonlinearity mitigation reduces with increasing sub-carrier count within the super-channel (higher net data-rate), with the maximum reach improvement, compared to linear compensation, of 150% for single-carrier 240Gb/s PM-16QAM.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; bit rate 240 Gbit/s; flex-grid optical networks; higher net data-rate; intra super-channel fiber nonlinearity compensation; intra super-channel nonlinearity mitigation; linear compensation; single-carrier PM-16QAM; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu3A.4
