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Span length and information rate optimisation in optical transmission systems using single-channel digital
Optics Express
|October 19, 2017
Summary
Optimizing optical communication systems with digital backpropagation (DBP) can reduce amplifiers by 50% without losing data rates. This advancement enhances performance and cost-efficiency in high-speed networks.
Area of Science:
- Optical Communications
- Signal Processing
- Telecommunications Engineering
Background:
- Optimizing span length is critical for optical communication system performance and cost.
- Inter-amplifier spacing and span length impact system efficiency.
- Nonlinearity compensation schemes are essential for advanced systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate the optimization of inter-amplifier spacing.
- Explore increasing span length at fixed information rates.
- Evaluate nonlinearity compensation schemes in optical systems.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of digital backpropagation (DBP) in optical systems.
- Simulation of dual-polarization (DP) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) systems (16, 64, 256-QAM).
- Consideration of practical transceiver noise limitations.
Main Results:
- Single-channel DBP enables a 50% reduction in amplifier count.
- No sacrifice in information rates compared to linear compensation.
- Achieved optimal span lengths with DBP.
Conclusions:
- Digital backpropagation significantly reduces amplifier requirements in optical systems.
- DBP offers a cost-effective solution for high-performance optical networks.
- Practical DBP schemes maintain data rates while reducing hardware.
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