Demonstration of Fully Nonlinear Spectrum Modulated System in the Highly Nonlinear Optical Transmission Regime

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a fully nonlinear spectrum modulated optical transmission system that significantly increases the nonlinear threshold, enabling higher data rates in highly nonlinear regimes.

Contribution

It introduces the first fully nonlinear-spectrum modulated system operating in the highly nonlinear regime, achieving a 3 dB increase in nonlinear threshold through nonlinear multiplexing.

Findings

3 dB increase in nonlinear threshold

Successful implementation of fully nonlinear spectrum modulation

Enhanced data transmission in highly nonlinear optical regimes

Abstract

We report a 3 dB increase in the nonlinear threshold of a 64*0.5Gbaud 16-QAM continuous-nonlinear-spectrum modulated signal by nonlinear multiplexing with QPSK modulated multi-solitons, showing the first ever fully nonlinear-spectrum modulated system in the highly nonlinear regime.