Nonlinearity Tolerant LUT-based Probabilistic Shaping for Extended-Reach Single-Span Links

Abstract

We propose Huffman-coded sphere shaping (HCSS) as a method for probabilistic constellation shaping which provides improved tolerance to fiber nonlinearities in single-span links. An implementation of this algorithm based on look-up-tables (LUTs) allows for low-complexity, multiplier-free shaping. The advantage of short-length shaping for mitigating fiber nonlinear impairments is experimentally demonstrated for a system employing dual–polarization 64–ary quadrature amplitude modulation (DP-64QAM) at 56 GBd and operating over 210 km of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF). A gain in achievable information rate (AIR) of 0.4 bits/4D-symbol compared with uniform signaling is measured, corresponding to a 100% improvement in shaping gain compared with ideal Maxwell–Boltzmann (MB) shaping. The combinatorial mapping and demapping algorithms can be implemented with integer addition and comparison operations only, utilizing an LUT with 100 kbit size.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2020.3006737
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Probabilistic shaping,experimental validation,multiplier-free LUT,nonlinear fiber channel,sphere shaping,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Publication ISSN: 1941-0174
Last Modified: 11 Mar 2024 18:28
Date Deposited: 09 Jul 2020 07:05
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2020-08-15
Published Online Date: 2020-07-02
Accepted Date: 2020-07-01
Authors: Skvortcov, Pavel
Phillips, Ian (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-2776-8939)
Forysiak, Wladek (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5411-1193)
Koike-akino, Toshiaki
Kojima, Keisuke
Parsons, Kieran
Millar, David S.

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