• DocumentCode
    3801972
  • Title

    Calculation of Achievable Information Rates of Long-Haul Optical Transmission Systems Using Instanton Approach

  • Author

    Milo Ivkovic;Ivan Djordjevic;Bane Vasic

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Math., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1163
  • Lastpage
    1168
  • Abstract
    A method for estimation of achievable information rates of high-speed optical transmission systems is proposed. This method consists of two steps: 1) approximating probability density functions for energy of pulses, which is done by the instanton approach, and 2) estimating achievable information rates by applying a method originally proposed by Arnold and Pfitser. Numerical results for a specific optical transmission system (submarine system at transmission rate 40 Gb/s) are reported
  • Keywords
    "Information rates","Optical noise","Fiber nonlinear optics","Nonlinear optics","High speed optical techniques","Optical fibers","Probability density function","Fluctuations","Optical pulses","Optical fiber dispersion"
  • Journal_Title
    Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2007.893930
  • Filename
    4167961