Title :
Nonlinearity compensation via spectral inversion and digital back-propagation: A practical approach
Author :
Rafique, Danish ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We report performance enhancements enabled by pre-dispersed spectral inversion equivalent to that of ideal back-propagation, with further x2 increase in reach from multi-channel compensation, with spectral inversion employed upto 400km (from mid-link) with <;1dB penalties.
Keywords :
backpropagation; compensation; nonlinear optics; optical links; digital back-propagation; mid-link; multichannel compensation; nonlinearity compensation; pre-dispersed spectral inversion; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
