Analysis of Nonlinearity Mitigation Using Spectral Inversion for Superchannel Transmission

We propose a simplified analytical model for the estimation of nonlinearity mitigation using spectral inversion. We demonstrate excellent agreement between analytical model and numerical simulations within a standard deviation of 0.2 dB Q-factor for five-subcarrier superchannel transmissi...

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Main Authors: Inwoong Kim, Olga Vassilieva, Paparao Palacharla, Motoyoshi Sekiya, Tadashi Ikeuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7572147/
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Summary:We propose a simplified analytical model for the estimation of nonlinearity mitigation using spectral inversion. We demonstrate excellent agreement between analytical model and numerical simulations within a standard deviation of 0.2 dB Q-factor for five-subcarrier superchannel transmission over various uniform and non-uniform link configurations. The analytical model can enable fast and accurate estimation of optical reach improvement from flexible placement of spectral inversion in superchannel transmission over practical link configurations.
ISSN:1943-0655