Performance Limits of FEC and Modulation Formats in Optical Fiber Communications

Author

Cai, Yi

Author_Institution

Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

489

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate the channel capacity of single-mode fiber systems considering two polarizations. We assume systems perturbed by linear amplified spontaneous emission noise (ASEN), namely, ASEN channels. We also assume an ideal coherent receiver that detects a channel´s full optical field. We show that the system required OSNR can still be significantly reduced with combined multidimensional modulation and large-overhead FEC

Keywords

AWGN channels; channel capacity; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical receivers; superradiance; ASEN channels; AWGN channels; FEC; OSNR; channel capacity; coherent receiver; forward error correction; light polarization; linear amplified spontaneous emission noise; modulation formats; multidimensional modulation; optical fiber communication; single-mode fiber system; Channel capacity; Multidimensional systems; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9555-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2006.279228

Filename

4054270