Abstract
Through numerical modeling, we illustrate the possibility of a new approach to digital signal processing in coherent optical communications based on the application of the so-called inverse scattering transform. Considering without loss of generality a fiber link with normal dispersion and quadrature phase shift keying signal modulation, we demonstrate how an initial information pattern can be recovered (without direct backward propagation) through the calculation of nonlinear spectral data of the received optical signal.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4186-4188 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Early online date | 11 Oct 2013 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2013 |
Bibliographical note
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Funding: EPSRC (UNLOC EP/J017582/1); Russian Ministry of Education and Science Federation (N11.519.11.4001, and the Marie Curie IRSES.