On the design of NFT-based communication systems with lumped amplification

Abstract

Nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) based transmission technique relies on the integrability of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE). However, the lossless NLSE is not directly applicable for the description of light evolution in fibre links with lumped amplifications such as Erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) because of the non-uniform loss and gain evolution. In this case, the path-averaged model is usually applied as an approximation of the true NLSE model including the fibre loss. However, the inaccuracy of the lossless path-average model, even though being small, can also result in a notable performance degradation in NFT-based transmission systems. In this work, we extend the theoretical approach, which was firstly proposed for solitons in EDFA systems, to the case of NFT-based systems to constructively diminish the aforementioned performance penalty. Based on the quantitative analysis of distortions due to the use of path-average model, we optimise the signal launch and detection points to minimise the models mismatch. Without loss of generality, we demonstrate how the approach works for the NFT systems that use continuous NFT spectrum modulation (vanishing signals) and NFT main spectrum modulation (periodic signals). Through numerical modelling we quantify the corresponding improvements in system performance.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2017.2775105
Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000303
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Systems analytics research institute (SARI)
Additional Information: Copyright: The authors, 2017. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Funding: This work was supported in part by the U.K. EPSRC Programme under Grant UNLOC EP/J017582/1 and in part by the Russian Science Foundation under Grant 17-72-30006 (S.K.T.).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fibre-optic communication,nonlinear Fourier transform,nonlinear inverse synthesis,periodic nonlinear Fourier transform
Publication ISSN: 0733-8724
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024 08:17
Date Deposited: 24 Nov 2017 08:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2017-12-15
Published Online Date: 2017-11-17
Accepted Date: 2017-11-10
Authors: Kamalian, Morteza
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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