Open AccessMulti-stage perturbation theory for compensating intra-channel nonlinear impairments in fiber-optic links
Author(s) -
Xiaojun Liang,
Shiva Kumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.22.029733
Subject(s) - optics , quadrature amplitude modulation , nonlinear system , physics , perturbation (astronomy) , optical fiber , channel (broadcasting) , computer science , telecommunications , bit error rate , quantum mechanics
A recursive perturbation theory to model the fiber-optic system is developed. Using this perturbation theory, a multi-stage compensation technique to mitigate the intra-channel nonlinear impairments is investigated. The technique is validated by numerical simulations of a single-polarization single-channel fiber-optic system operating at 28 Gbaud, 32-quadrature amplitude modulation (32-QAM), and 40 × 80 km transmission distance. It is found that, with 2 samples per symbol, the multi-stage scheme with eight compensation stages increases the Q-factor as compared with linear compensation by 4.5 dB; as compared with single-stage compensation, the computational complexity is reduced by a factor of 1.3 and the required memory for storing perturbation coefficients is decreased by a factor of 13.