We show that optically amplified multi-span transmission systems are suboptimal in terms of fundamental energy consumption. Using generalized on-off keying with photon-counting inline regeneration improves the fundamental energy consumption by orders of magnitude.

Fundamental limits on the energy consumption in fiber-optic communications

ANTONELLI, CRISTIAN;MECOZZI, ANTONIO;
2013-01-01

Abstract

We show that optically amplified multi-span transmission systems are suboptimal in terms of fundamental energy consumption. Using generalized on-off keying with photon-counting inline regeneration improves the fundamental energy consumption by orders of magnitude.
2013
978-1-55752-972-5
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