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Abstract

Mitra and Stark use a key simplification to investigate the theoretical limits to the information capacity of an optical fiber arising from nonlinearities. The nonlinear nature of the propagation of light in optical fiber has made these limits difficult to elucidate.

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Title
Nonlinear limits to the information capacity of optical fibre communications
Author
Mitra, Partha P; Stark, Jason B
Pages
1027-30
Publication year
2001
Publication date
Jun 28, 2001
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
ISSN
00280836
e-ISSN
14764687
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
204487327
Copyright
Copyright Macmillan Journals Ltd. Jun 28, 2001