Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

Information capacity of nonlinear fiber-optical systems

Boyu Wu, E. Narimanov

Published Dec 10, 2005• 2 citations

Abstract

We develop information-theoretical description of nonlinear optical communication systems. We present a non-perturbative calculation of the information capacity for different modulation formats, and demonstrate that fiber nonlinearity leads to exponential suppression of the channel capacity.

DOI: 10.1109/qels.2005.1549280

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