Ripple distribution for nonlinear fiber-optic channels

Opt Express. 2017 Feb 6;25(3):2228-2238. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.002228.

Abstract

We demonstrate data rates above the threshold imposed by nonlinearity on conventional optical signals by applying novel probability distribution, which we call ripple distribution, adapted to the properties of the fiber channel. Our results offer a new direction for signal coding, modulation and practical nonlinear distortions compensation algorithms.