Determination of Achievable Information Rates (AIRs) of IM/DD Systems and AIR Loss Due to Chromatic Dispersion and Quantization

Author

Djordjevic, Ivan B. ; Alic, Nikola ; Papen, George C. ; Radic, Stojan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ

Volume

19

Issue

1

fYear

2007

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

14

Abstract

The achievable information rates (AIRs) of a nonreturn-to-zero optical transmission system operating at 10Gb/s are determined based on experimentally obtained conditional probability density functions for an amplified spontaneous emission noise-dominated system in the presence of chromatic dispersion (with and without optical dispersion compensation). Specifically, we concentrate on the AIR loss due to the accumulation of chromatic dispersion, as well as the practical constraint of the analog-to-digital conversion and quantization of log-likelihood ratios

Keywords

information theory; intensity modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical noise; probability; quantisation (signal); superradiance; 10 Gbit/s; achievable information rate loss; achievable information rates; amplified spontaneous emission; analog-to-digital conversion; chromatic dispersion; conditional probability density functions; direct detection system; intensity modulation system; log-likelihood ratio; noise-dominated system; nonreturn-to-zero optical transmission system; quantization; Chromatic dispersion; Information rates; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Probability density function; Propagation losses; Quantization; Stimulated emission; Achievable information rates (AIRs); Bahl-Cocke-Jelinek-Raviv (BCJR) algorithm; finite-sate machine; optical communications; quantization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.888033

Filename

4032864