Title :
Optical fiber and information theory
Author :
Essiambre, Rene-Jean ; Kramer, Gerhard ; Foschini, Gerard J. ; Winzer, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We apply information theory to optical fibers in the context of transmitting information in optical networks. We define a ¿fiber channel¿ suitable for such networks and present fiber capacity estimates for transmission over 500 km. We compare our capacity estimates to recent record capacity experiments.
Keywords :
information theory; optical fibre networks; fiber channel; information theory; optical fiber; optical networks; record capacity experiments; Information theory; Optical fibers; Information theory; amplified spontaneous emission; fiber nonlinearity; modulation; noise; optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), 2010 44th Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7416-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7417-2
DOI :
10.1109/CISS.2010.5464721
