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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729285
