We discuss the challenges in assessing the theoretical limits to the throughput of fiberoptic communications systems and argue that the uncertainty of available information capacity limits is within a range of 1.17 bit/s/Hz. We show that record experiments are within 20 to 30 percent from these limits in terrestrial single-mode fiber systems for metro to long-haul transmission. It appears that the continued scaling of optical communications will have to rely on parallelism and space-division multiplexed fiber transmission

The Information Capacity of the Fiber-Optic Channel: Bounds and prospects

Antonelli C.;Mecozzi A.;
2024-01-01

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We discuss the challenges in assessing the theoretical limits to the throughput of fiberoptic communications systems and argue that the uncertainty of available information capacity limits is within a range of 1.17 bit/s/Hz. We show that record experiments are within 20 to 30 percent from these limits in terrestrial single-mode fiber systems for metro to long-haul transmission. It appears that the continued scaling of optical communications will have to rely on parallelism and space-division multiplexed fiber transmission
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