Periodic nonlinear Fourier transform for fiber-optic communications, Part I:theory and numerical methods

Abstract

In this work, we introduce the periodic nonlinear Fourier transform (PNFT) method as an alternative and efficacious tool for compensation of the nonlinear transmission effects in optical fiber links. In the Part I, we introduce the algorithmic platform of the technique, describing in details the direct and inverse PNFT operations, also known as the inverse scattering transform for periodic (in time variable) nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE). We pay a special attention to explaining the potential advantages of the PNFT-based processing over the previously studied nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) based methods. Further, we elucidate the issue of the numerical PNFT computation: we compare the performance of four known numerical methods applicable for the calculation of nonlinear spectral data (the direct PNFT), in particular, taking the main spectrum (utilized further in Part II for the modulation and transmission) associated with some simple example waveforms as the quality indicator for each method. We show that the Ablowitz-Ladik discretization approach for the direct PNFT provides the best performance in terms of the accuracy and computational time consumption.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.24.018353
Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/a4d473dc-7f7c-4869-bba5-f82bd3bb3dea
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Systems analytics research institute (SARI)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
Additional Information: © 2016 Optical Society of America. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited. Funding: EPSRC (UNLOC EP/J017582/1). The metadata for this publication are available via the Aston Research Repository at http://dx.doi.org/10.17036/a4d473dc-7f7c-4869-bba5-f82bd3bb3dea
Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1094-4087
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2024 08:11
Date Deposited: 05 Oct 2016 10:30
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-08-08
Published Online Date: 2016-08-02
Accepted Date: 2016-07-24
Submitted Date: 2016-05-10
Authors: Kamalian, Morteza (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6278-976X)
Prilepsky, Jaroslaw E. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-3035-4112)
Le, Son Thai (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-3824-9456)
Turitsyn, Sergei K. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-0101-3834)

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